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Introduction 1. Intellectual Heritage and Theoretical Developments: Is Public Administration an Art or a Science? 2. Searching for a Paradigm: Public Administration as a Postnormal Science 3. Identity Crises in the Social Sciences 4. Searching for Truth: The Logic of Inquiry in Public Administration 5. Theory Building through Qualitative Approaches 6. Theory Building through Quantitative Research 7. Theory Building through Mixed-Methods Research 8. Heterogeneity in Epistemic Traditions References Index
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