The other families of theory described and evaluated in The Public Administration
Theory Primer generally accept as their basic thesis the positivist canons of empirical
social science. In contrast, postmodern public administration theory is the
antithesis of positivism and the logic of objective social science. Indeed, postmodern
theory rejects many of the basic epistemological assumptions of behavioral
social science, and for that reason we initially had difficulty locating a chapter on
postmodern theory in this book. But because postmodern theory has influenced
institutional theory and public management theory, and has many adherents in
public administration, some more orthodox and passionate than others, we judged
a chapter on this theory necessary and relevant. More importantly, the various
streams of the theory that have now combined and flow together in the river of
postmodern theory have obviously influenced other bodies of theory covered in
these pages.
The other families of theory described and evaluated in The Public Administration
Theory Primer generally accept as their basic thesis the positivist canons of empirical
social science. In contrast, postmodern public administration theory is the
antithesis of positivism and the logic of objective social science. Indeed, postmodern
theory rejects many of the basic epistemological assumptions of behavioral
social science, and for that reason we initially had difficulty locating a chapter on
postmodern theory in this book. But because postmodern theory has influenced
institutional theory and public management theory, and has many adherents in
public administration, some more orthodox and passionate than others, we judged
a chapter on this theory necessary and relevant. More importantly, the various
streams of the theory that have now combined and flow together in the river of
postmodern theory have obviously influenced other bodies of theory covered in
these pages.
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