Patricia M. Shields

rdf:langString Patricia M. Shields

rdf:langString Patricia M. Shields

rdf:langString Patricia M. Shields

rdf:langString John Dewey, Jane Addams, Charles Moskos, Herbert Parnes, Robert Backoff, Morris Janowitz

rdf:langString Research methods, civil-military relations, gender studies, public administration, pragmatism, privatization, peace studies

rdf:langString Patricia M. Shields (born 1951) is a Regents' Professor in the Political Science Department at Texas State University. Since 2001 she has been Editor-in-Chief of the international and interdisciplinary journal Armed Forces & Society. She is also a Contributing Editor to Parameters: The US Army War College Quarterly and the Section Editor of the Military and Society section to the Handbook of Military Sciences. Shields is notable for her publications focusing on research methods, civil military relations, gender issues, pragmatism in public administration, peace studies, and the contributions of Jane Addams to public administration and peace theory. She received a BA in Economics from the University of Maryland - College Park, an MA in Economics and a PhD in Public Administration from The Ohio State University.

rdf:langString Applying pragmatism to public administration