Postmodern Public Administration: Toward DiscourseCharles J Fox and Hugh T Miller challenge current thinking about public policy and administration in the light of the postmodern condition. In this book existing and accepted theories such as public management doctrines, constitutionalism and communitarianism are rejected in favour of constructing a discourse theory of public administration. The book also provides an invaluable, thorough and clear review of the doctrines and philosophies that have to date dominated the field. |
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We try to back away from as many of these assumptions as possible , and even
go so far as to allow that “ reality ” itself is neither concrete nor objective , but
constructed by humans and hence malleable . In the process of backing away
from ...
We try to back away from as many of these assumptions as possible , and even
go so far as to allow that “ reality ” itself is neither concrete nor objective , but
constructed by humans and hence malleable . In the process of backing away
from ...
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First , we appropriate what we take to be cutting - edge philosophy and social
theory to develop an arsenal of vocabulary and concepts to allow the valorization
of discourse theory . We seek to disseminate new eyeglasses , the lenses of
which ...
First , we appropriate what we take to be cutting - edge philosophy and social
theory to develop an arsenal of vocabulary and concepts to allow the valorization
of discourse theory . We seek to disseminate new eyeglasses , the lenses of
which ...
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Stivers will not allow Schindler to have his moral heroism , as others , including L
. A . Blum ( 1988 ) , who wrote Moral Exemplars ( cited in Stivers , 1993 ) , would
have allowed . Why ? Because Schindler was a libertine ( which the dictionary ...
Stivers will not allow Schindler to have his moral heroism , as others , including L
. A . Blum ( 1988 ) , who wrote Moral Exemplars ( cited in Stivers , 1993 ) , would
have allowed . Why ? Because Schindler was a libertine ( which the dictionary ...
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Contents
A New Approach to Democratic Governance | 3 |
Orthodoxy and Its Alternatives | 14 |
Discourse Theory | 73 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Postmodern Public Administration: Toward Discourse |
| Authors | Charles J. Fox, Hugh T. Miller |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications, 1994 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 14 Oct 2008 |
| ISBN | 0803958021, 9780803958029 |
| Length | 192 pages |
| Subjects | › Political Science / General |
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