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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The only advantage the constitutionalists have over the communitarians , we are
told , is that whereas the latter are scattered across the country , the former all live
in Blacksburg and can thus construct a more complete argument . Those of us ...
The only advantage the constitutionalists have over the communitarians , we are
told , is that whereas the latter are scattered across the country , the former all live
in Blacksburg and can thus construct a more complete argument . Those of us ...
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Speakers with situation - regarding intentionality will take into account the context
of the problem , the lives of those affected , and the public interest . Third ,
speakers who are willingly attentive have been heeding the conversation as it
has ...
Speakers with situation - regarding intentionality will take into account the context
of the problem , the lives of those affected , and the public interest . Third ,
speakers who are willingly attentive have been heeding the conversation as it
has ...
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People should be involved in the decisions that affect their lives , not only for the
sake of justice , but also because the full development of their human potential
requires it . People must involve themselves in the community to escape from the
...
People should be involved in the decisions that affect their lives , not only for the
sake of justice , but also because the full development of their human potential
requires it . People must involve themselves in the community to escape from the
...
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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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