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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Mostly , too much is assumed by prevailing ontologies — too much is assumed
about the rationality of human nature ... go so far as to allow that “ reality ” itself is
neither concrete nor objective , but constructed by humans and hence malleable .
Mostly , too much is assumed by prevailing ontologies — too much is assumed
about the rationality of human nature ... go so far as to allow that “ reality ” itself is
neither concrete nor objective , but constructed by humans and hence malleable .
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They view human agency as situated in a concrete moral and political context
and stress the constitutive role that communal aims and attachments assume for
a situated self ” ( d ' Entreves , 1992 , p . 180 ) . Individuals , it follows , do not act
as ...
They view human agency as situated in a concrete moral and political context
and stress the constitutive role that communal aims and attachments assume for
a situated self ” ( d ' Entreves , 1992 , p . 180 ) . Individuals , it follows , do not act
as ...
Page 89
Nonetheless , as rivers carve out new beds , so may human behavior in the
aggregate change course and incrementally rework recursive patterns . A trivial
example has to do with professional dress . The computer software industry ,
located ...
Nonetheless , as rivers carve out new beds , so may human behavior in the
aggregate change course and incrementally rework recursive patterns . A trivial
example has to do with professional dress . The computer software industry ,
located ...
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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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