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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Thinking in such terms leads the mind along well - worn paths , among the
monuments and museums of official Washington , D . C . Political science as a
discipline abandoned such an approach two revolutions ago , and for good
reason .
Thinking in such terms leads the mind along well - worn paths , among the
monuments and museums of official Washington , D . C . Political science as a
discipline abandoned such an approach two revolutions ago , and for good
reason .
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What leads to dysfunctional , irrational , and unjust delivery of health care ? Is it a
fragmented , private , profit - driven insurance industry that will cover only those
not at risk ? Is it the fear of malpractice suits that leads to testing for the unlikely ?
What leads to dysfunctional , irrational , and unjust delivery of health care ? Is it a
fragmented , private , profit - driven insurance industry that will cover only those
not at risk ? Is it the fear of malpractice suits that leads to testing for the unlikely ?
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Public discussion that leads to public action need not abide the whole range of
arguments , claims , and performances that are purely egocentric and self -
regarding . Lies , half truths , and sophistry should be called by their names in
authentic ...
Public discussion that leads to public action need not abide the whole range of
arguments , claims , and performances that are purely egocentric and self -
regarding . Lies , half truths , and sophistry should be called by their names in
authentic ...
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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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