Determinism, social science, and public administration: Lessons from Isaiah Berlin

American Review of Public Administration

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 256-269

  Spicer, Michael W ^a  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Determinism; Freedom; Isaiah Berlin; Public administration; Social science

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944478364     PISSN: 02750740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0275074005275309     Document Type: Review

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