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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They live in fear of drive - by shootings , gang violence , and car - jackings , not
because they or anyone close to them has experienced these threats directly but
because the media , with a 20 million - person experiential base , reports them ...
They live in fear of drive - by shootings , gang violence , and car - jackings , not
because they or anyone close to them has experienced these threats directly but
because the media , with a 20 million - person experiential base , reports them ...
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reified abstractions of thought to our shared and indubitable experience of life .
The first philosophical act would appear to be a return to the world of actual
experience , which is prior to the objective world , because it is in it that we shall
be ...
reified abstractions of thought to our shared and indubitable experience of life .
The first philosophical act would appear to be a return to the world of actual
experience , which is prior to the objective world , because it is in it that we shall
be ...
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Our first experience with cubes contributed to our lived experience , helping to
frame our next encounter with a cube . Each situation contributes something to
the sedimented meanings that structure the next moment . Although the mental ...
Our first experience with cubes contributed to our lived experience , helping to
frame our next encounter with a cube . Each situation contributes something to
the sedimented meanings that structure the next moment . Although the mental ...
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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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