Critical Social Theory in Public

Richard C. Box (D.P.A.) is a professor in the School of Public Administration, University of Nebraska at Omaha

Introduction

3

(11)

A Particular Form of Critical Social Theory

5

(3)

Themes and Chapters

8

(3)

The Critical Social Theory Framework

11

(3)

1. Critical Imagination in a Postmodern Environment

14

(18)

Critical Social Theory

15

(6)

Contradiction, Dialectic, and Change

16

(1)

Critical Reason and Imagination

17

(2)

Emancipation and Self-determination

19

(2)

Critical Theory in Public Administration

21

(3)

The Need for Critical Theory Today

24

(2)

Pragmatism and Phantasy

26

(4)

Conclusion: A Critical Revival?

30

(2)

2. Contradiction, Utopia, and Public Administration

32

(17)

Contradiction and Containment

35

(3)

Democracy

38

(3)

The Warfare State

41

(2)

Research

43

(2)

Gender

45

(2)

Refusal and Utopia

47

(2)

3. The "T"ruth Is Elsewhere: Critical History

49

(20)

Deconstructing History

51

(3)

Redefining/Rediscovering History

54

(2)

Recoverable Elements

56

(1)

Emancipation

57

(2)

Social Hope

59

(3)

Critical Public Administration Scholarship

62

(2)

"Clio at the Crossroads": Writing Critical History

64

(5)

4. Critical Theory and the Paradox of Discourse

69

(20)

Values Underlying the Models

71

(4)

The Legitimacy Model

71

(2)

The Critical Theory Model

73

(2)

The Relationship Between the Powerful and the Governed

75

(6)

The Literature of Community Power

75

(1)

The Growth Machine

76

(2)

"Four Cities"

78

(1)

Diversity in Community Orientation

79

(2)

Discourse Effectiveness

81

(6)

Discourse Legitimacy

81

(1)

Involvement in Discourse

82

(1)

Outcomes of Administrator-Citizen Interaction

83

(2)

Conditions Conducive to Discourse

85

(2)

Conclusion: The Practical Application of Critical Theory

87

(2)

5. Pragmatic Discourse and Administrative Legitimacy

89

(20)

The Limits of Theory

95

(2)

The Usefulness of Pragmatism

97

(4)

Collaboration and Critical Thought

101

(4)

Conclusion: Administrative Legitimacy

105

(4)

6. Private Lives and Antiadministration

109

(17)

Daily Human Interests

111

(7)

Geography

112

(1)

Neighborhoods

113

(1)

Political Economy

114

(2)

Materiality

116

(2)

Citizenship and Private Lives

118

(3)

Imagination

121

(5)

7. Critical Practice and the Problem of Finding a Public

126

(21)

The Elusive Public

127

(7)

Critical Theory and the Community Context

134

(6)

The Purpose of Critical Practice

140

(7)

References

147

(10)

Index

157

(8)

About the Author

165

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