Recognition of Public Management and Administration Knowledge Identity

Abstract

Speaking about public administration field’s identity makes researchers confused about variety of some interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary and quasi/sub paradigms concepts. Nature and identity of public administration is dependent on reason of governments’ establishment so nature of this scientific field intertwined with social justice concepts and it is interpreted that its pure theme is public question/ problem and it can be said that this is the main cause of governments’ establishment. In this study we show a coherent model and framework about public administration field’s identity and its theme and therewith we pay attention to its main subject defined as different public questions/ problems.

Keywords

• public administration identity
• public administration subject
• public problem
• social justice