Philosophy and public administration : an introduction / Edoardo Ongaro. (Text)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 244-264) and index.

Introduction and rationale -- Key streams in philosophical inquiry: a selection and succinct overview for the field of public administration--Part I -- Key streams in philosophical inquiry: a selection and succinct overview for the field of public administration--Part II -- Public administration doctrines and themes revisited from a philosophical perspective -- Political philosophy and public governance: the quest for justification in "common good" and in "social contract" arguments and their significance for the debate on the organisation of the public sector -- Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Niccolò Machiavelli, Thomas More: on virtues, realism and utopian thinking in public administration -- The search for consistency -- Postscript: philosophy in and of public administration today by Wolfgang Drechsler.