TY - BOOK AU - Riccucci, Norma. TI - Public administration: traditions of inquiry and philosophies of knowledge SN - 9781589017047 U1 - 351RIC PY - 2010/// CY - Washington, D.C PB - Georgetown University Press KW - Public administration N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - Is public administration an art or a science? This question of whether the field is driven by values or facts will never be definitively answered due to a lack of consensus among scholars. The resulting divide has produced many heated debates; however, in this pioneering volume, Norma Riccucci embraces the diversity of research methods rather than suggesting that there is one best way to conduct research in public administration ER -