KNOWLEDGE AND THEORY DEVELOPMENT IN PUBLIC-ADMINISTRATION - THE ROLE OF DOCTORAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH

Authors
WHITE JD ADAMS GB FORRESTER JP
Citation
Jd. White et al., KNOWLEDGE AND THEORY DEVELOPMENT IN PUBLIC-ADMINISTRATION - THE ROLE OF DOCTORAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH, PAR. Public administration review, 56(5), 1996, pp. 441-452
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Public Administration
Journal title
PAR. Public administration review → ACNP
ISSN journal
00333352
Volume
56
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
441 - 452
Database
ISI
SICI code
0033-3352(1996)56:5<441:KATDIP>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
What is the purpose of doctoral education and research in public admin istration? Many might assume its purpose to be the development of know ledge and theory for the field, as well as the preparation of the fiel d's professoriate. White, Adams, and Forrester examine here the public ation records of eight classes of doctorate recipients in public admin istration and conclude that doctoral education and research is only ma king a minimal contribution to knowledge and theory development in the field. The purpose of the public administration doctorate thus appear s to be conflicted.