Public Administration, the State, and the Postmodern Condition
A Constitutionalist Perspective
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3757372 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael W Spicer (0000-0003-2463-3083, Cleveland State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 90-102 |
| Publication date | 1997-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0002764297041001007 |
| OpenAlex | W2010020742 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 10 |
This article examines the vision of the state as a purposive association, which undergirds much of the public administration literature, and explores its suitability in light of the postmodern condition. It is argued that a vision of purposive association is inappropriate and dangerous, given the diversity of political subcultures and language games characteristic of postmodernity, and that a more useful vision of the state here is that of a state as a civil association. The linkages between this latter vision and our constitutional tradition are explored and implications are drawn for the study of public administration
Administration (probate law) · Association (psychology) · Civil society · Diversity (politics) · Epistemology · Political science · Politics · Postmodernism · Postmodernity · Sociology · State (computer science) · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Psychology · Public Administration
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,18 |
| Citation span | 1998 - 2013 (16) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |