批判性研究:行政学领域亟待拓展的研究路径

自20世纪80年代我国行政学研究得到恢复以来,我国行政学学科取得了长足的发展,但在研究范式上存在一定的局限:社会学科学中诠释性研究和批判性研究受到广大行政学研究者的忽视,研究者的批判精神乃至批判意识普遍缺失.针对这种现象,本文借鉴西方批判理论的合理成分,主张行政学研究要通过合理的批判介质,建立自我反省关系;在开展实证研究的同时应当注重价值问题的探讨,实现工具理性与价值理性的有机统一;运用"总体性"的方法,展开对行政学理论与行政实践的总体性批判.这有助于我们形成并拓展批判性研究的思路.

The Critical Research:A Pressing Approach of the Study of Administration

There are three modes of research in social science:the positive research,the interpretative research and the critical research.Although rapid progress has been made since the study of administration was restored in China in the mid 1980's,there are some limitations in the research paradigm:the interpretative research and the critical research are neglected by a vast number of researchers;especially,researchers' critical spirit and critical consciousness are absent pervasively.To respond to the conflict bet...