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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Page 11
With meaning up for grabs , the temptation to offer specious attestation is strong .
A bit of misrepresentation just might get us what we want . But , like a virus ,
speciousness is infectious . Why bother attending a discourse where claims are
as ...
With meaning up for grabs , the temptation to offer specious attestation is strong .
A bit of misrepresentation just might get us what we want . But , like a virus ,
speciousness is infectious . Why bother attending a discourse where claims are
as ...
Page 15
Competing candidates ( or parties ) for electoral office — political entrepreneurs
— offer alternative packages of wants or needs that can be satisfied by particular
methods . 3 . People choose a representative by voting which alternative ...
Competing candidates ( or parties ) for electoral office — political entrepreneurs
— offer alternative packages of wants or needs that can be satisfied by particular
methods . 3 . People choose a representative by voting which alternative ...
Page 120
With Habermas ' s theory in place , and having offered demurs from it based on
our constructivist underpinnings and Arendtian agonistic public sphere
performances , we are now positioned to offer warrants for discourse . III .
Revocable ...
With Habermas ' s theory in place , and having offered demurs from it based on
our constructivist underpinnings and Arendtian agonistic public sphere
performances , we are now positioned to offer warrants for discourse . III .
Revocable ...
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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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