Alberto Guerreiro Ramos, 20 Years Later: A New Science Still Unrealized in an Era of Public Cynicism and Theoretical Ambivalence

Alberto Guerreiro Ramos's public life and scholarly works challenge us to rethink and reconceptualize the field of public administration, particularly in this era of public cynicism and theoretical uncertainty. This article examines the historical context of his earlier writings and how they in...

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Published in:Public administration review 2005-05, Vol.65 (3), p.347-359
Main Authors: Ventriss, Curtis, Candler, Gaylord George
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic profession
Civil rights
Democracy
Educational administration
Guerreiro Ramos, Alberto
Intellectual Development
Interdisciplinary Approach
International
Latin American literature
Literary criticism
Mythology
Normativity
Organizations
Political science
Political Scientists
Politics
Public Administration
Public life
Public policy
Race relations
Racial discrimination
Racial Relations
Ramos, Alberto
Rationality
Reason
Scholars
Scholarship
Science
Social Influences
Social sciences
Studies
Uncertainty
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Summary:Alberto Guerreiro Ramos's public life and scholarly works challenge us to rethink and reconceptualize the field of public administration, particularly in this era of public cynicism and theoretical uncertainty. This article examines the historical context of his earlier writings and how they influenced his later scholarly work. As a prominent Brazilian scholar working in the United States, Guerreiro Ramos's "in-betweenness," as he called it, provided him a unique and little-appreciated perspective from which to reevaluate the social sciences. The result was his last book, The New Science of Organizations: A Reconceptualization of the Wealth of Nations, one of the most polemical works published in the field and an examination of the fundamental assumptions of public administration and the social sciences.
ISSN:0033-3352
1540-6210
DOI:10.1111/j.1540-6210.2005.00459.x