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New Frontiers of Public Administration: The Practice of Theory and the Theory of Practice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 January 2008

Laurence E. Lynn
Laurence E. Lynn
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University of Chicago
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The 2007 John Gaus Lecture was presented at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, on August 31, 2007.

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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 41 , Issue 1 , January 2008 , pp. 3 - 9
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