Dialogue and Administrative Theory & Praxis: Twenty-Five Years of Public Administration Theory

Abstract

Administrative Theory & Praxis began in 1979 as Dialogue, the newsletter of the newly created Public Administration Theory Network. It has developed over twenty-five years as a forum for “alternative” theory in public administration. This paper describes some of the work published in Dialogue/ATP from 1979 to 2004 to illustrate issues of interest to authors in the journal during this time. Examples of articles are given in five substantive categories of theory: the nature of knowledge; the relationship of Dialogue/ATP theory to mainstream public administration; normative public administration theory; social and political theory; and marginalization and oppression. The discussion highlights writing about important topics in public administration theory from perspectives often not considered in “mainstream” journals.

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