The legitimacy question. -- Why worry about role conceptualization? professional socialization in public administration. -- Using theoretical frameworks as interpretive lenses. -- How the traditions framework was created. -- The genetic elements of each tradition. -- The constitutional tradition-bureaucratic accountability to the constitutional order. -- The discretionary tradition-entrepreneurial responsibility for desirable outcomes. -- The collaborative tradition-stewardship responsiveness to the citizenry. -- Mutual critiques among traditions. -- Integrations, conciliations, and dialectical syntheses. -- Assessing contextual fit of the traditions-a mental experiment.

1. Legitimacy of governemnts
2. Public administration -- Methodology
3. Public administration