Texas State University eCommons@Texas State University Faculty Publications-Political Science Political Science, Department of 7-23-1995 Three Philosophies Behind Public Administration's Research Tradition Patricia M. Shields Texas State University - San Marcos, Department of Political Science, ps07@txstate.edu This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Political Science, Department of at eCommons@Texas State University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Faculty Publications-Political Science by an authorized administrator of eCommons@Texas State University. For more information, please contact ecommons@txstate.edu. Recommended Citation Shields, Patricia M., "Three Philosophies Behind Public Administration's Research Tradition" (1995). Faculty Publications-Political Science. Paper 2. http://ecommons.txstate.edu/polsfacp/2