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COMPLEXITY, INTERDISCIPLINARITY AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION: IMPLICATIONS FOR INTEGRATING COMMUNITIES
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COMPLEXITY, INTERDISCIPLINARITY AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION: IMPLICATIONS FOR INTEGRATING COMMUNITIES

JACK W. Meek and WILLIAM H. Newell
Public administration quarterly, Vol.29(3/4), pp.321-349
01/10/2005

Abstract

Academic communities Astronomical objects Citizenship Communities Complex systems Elected officials Government bureaucracy Information economics Public administration Social sciences Symposium: Chaos, Complexity, Uncertainty and Public Administration, part I
Complex systems theory offers a useful way to conceptualize the position of public administrators; interdisciplinary theory provides them with a process as well as pragmatic suggestions for functioning effectively in that position. The usefulness of these theories is demonstrated by applying them to issues emerging from the debate over community participation in public administration

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