theory to practice
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Theory to PracticeAuthor(s): Robert KramerSource: Public Administration Review, Vol. 66, No. 6 (Nov. - Dec., 2006), p. 910Published by: Wiley on behalf of the American Society for Public AdministrationStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4096607 .
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Theory to Practice
Robert F. Durant, Editor
Robert Kramer, Associate Editor
Theory to Practice
As the government-centered model ofgovernance morphs into what Paul Light calls the "multisectored" public service, advancing the traditional values that one cher- ishes in a democracy is as vital as ever. Historically, a critical and controversial concern in the field ofpublic administration has been discerning how best to advance both passive and active representation in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors in the United States and abroad. In this installment ofTheory to Practice, one
ofpublic administration's leading researchers on this
topic, Sally Coleman Selden of Lynchburg College, launches an exchange among academics and practitioners on one of the most controversial methods ofadvancing these ends: affirmative action. From her review of this
multidisciplinary literature, she distills eight lessons for
practitioners to ponder and offers an agenda for future research. A more comprehensive version of her article with an extended research agenda is available on the PAR Web site (go to aspanet.org, click on the link to PAR, and then on the Theory to Practice link). Readers will also find reactions to Selden's arguments by Domonic Bearfield, George Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University; LaelR. Keiser, University ofMissouri-Columbia; J. Edward Kellough, University of Georgia; Sharon Mastracci, University of Illinois at Chicago; and Gina E. Nightengale, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency. These commentaries are accompanied by the
author's response and instructions on how to join the exchange.
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