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Enhancing Professional Socialization Through the Metaphor of Traditionchallenge in a context where the principles of democracy are increasinglyexpected to prevail. Therefore, traditions designed to attend to the issue oflegitimacy likely will be the most successful ones for calming public criticisms.While I have offered one possible interpretation of the varying traditions ofpublic administration, for purposes of designing a curriculum, the use of themetaphor itself is the most important and compelling thing for pedagogy.Organizing the field’s concepts according to tradition helps students of publicadministration anchor their professional identities and enhance understandingof their own philosophical commitments and shared theoretical lineage. Thus,they will be better prepared to weather the storms of discontent in the ongoingcrisis of democratic legitimacy.REFERENCESAppleby, P.H. (1952). Morality and administration in democratic government. Baton Rouge: LouisianaState University Press.Barnard, C.I. (1938). The functions of the executive. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.Bennis, W. (1967). Organizations of the future. Personnel Administration, 30, 6-19.Bolman, L.G., & Deal, T.E. (1997). Reframing organizations: Artistry, choice, and leadership (2nd ed.).San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.Bourgon, J. (2004, October). A unified public service: does it matter? PA Times, 4, 6.Box, R.C. (2008). Making a difference: Progressive values in public administration. Armonk, NY:M.E. Sharpe.Brewer, G.A., & Selden, S.C. (1998). Whistle blowers in the Federal civil service: New evidence of thepublic service ethic. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 8(3), 413-439.Brewer, G.A., Selden, S.C., & Facer, R.L., II (2000). Individual conceptions of public servicemotivation. Public Administration Review, 60(3), 254-264.Carr, A., & Zanetti, L.A. (1999). Metatheorizing the dialectic of self and other. American BehavioralScientist, 43(2), 324-345.Catlaw, T. J., & Stout, M. (2007). Postmodernism and public policy. In J. Rabin (Ed.), Encyclopedia ofPublic Administration and Public Policy (2nd ed.). New York: Taylor & Francis Group.Cooper, T.L. (1984). Citizenship and professionalism in public administration. Public AdministrationReview, 44, 143-149.De Soto, W., Opheim, C., & Tajalli, H. (1999). Apples and oranges? Comparing the attitudes ofpublic policy versus public administration students. American Review of Public Administration,29(1), 77-91.deCharms, R. (1968). Personal causation: The internal affective determinants of behavior. New York:Academic Press.Denhardt, J.V., & Denhardt, R.B. (2003). The new public service: Serving, not steering. New York:M.E. Sharp.Denhardt, R.B. (1981). In the shadow of organization. Lawrence, KS: Regents Press of Kansas.Denhardt, R.B. (2000). Theories of public organization (3rd ed.). New York: Harcourt Brace.Denhardt, R.B. (2001). The big questions of public administration education. Public AdministrationReview, 61(5), 526-534.312 Journal of Public Affairs Education