Navigating the eternally unfolding present: Toward an epistemology of practice

American Review of Public Administration

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-38

  Cook, S D Noam ^a   Wagenaar, Hendrik ^b  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

administrative practice; epistemology of practice; knowledge and practice; practice; professional practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84255194955     PISSN: 02750740     EISSN: 15523357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0275074011407404     Document Type: Article

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