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Methodological Americanism: Disciplinary senility and intellectual hegemonies in (American) public administration
Administrative theory & praxis, Vol.44(4), pp.261-276
2022
Abstract
In this introduction, we introduce the concept of methodological Americanism to describe and explain the epistemological problem plaguing the public administration discipline. We argue that the discipline, dominated by US-focused analyses, is methodologically nationalist and White and represents a hegemonic intellectualism that limits what is "knowable." To ensure continual disciplinary relevance of public administration studies, we propose that epistemological diversity-achievable by reshaping the disciplinary table-is the way forward. We conclude by summarizing how the articles in this first of two Special Issues contribute to paving the way toward epistemological diversity.
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- Title
- Methodological Americanism: Disciplinary senility and intellectual hegemonies in (American) public administration
- Authors/Creators
- Kim Moloney - Hamad bin Khalifa UniversityMeng-Hsuan Chou - NTU, SingaporePhilip Osei - University for Development StudiesYonique Campbell - University of the West Indies
- Publication Details
- Administrative theory & praxis, Vol.44(4), pp.261-276
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Identifiers
- 991005578642007891
- Copyright
- © 2022 The Author(s).
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Centre for Biosecurity and One Health
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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