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The Language of Public Administration
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Public Administration Quarterly
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January 1, 1996
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Farmer, David John (1995). The Language of Public Administration. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 314 pages, $29.95 (paperback), ISBN 0-8173-0784-2.
In The Language of Public Administration, David John Farmer indicates that public administration theory is a language used by scholars to communicate ideas and construct solutions to problems. It is evident that, since scholars need language to think and converse, they are necessarily confined to the limitations of their language. Farmer maintains that, since the language of public administration is currently limited, public administration theory is also limited in addressing the scope, size, functioning, and nature of public ...