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 123
Without an honest public discourse the hope for arriving at and taking action in
the public interest fades . B . SITUATION - REGARDING INTENTIONALITY The
situation - regarding component of this warrant assures that the discourse will be
...
Without an honest public discourse the hope for arriving at and taking action in
the public interest fades . B . SITUATION - REGARDING INTENTIONALITY The
situation - regarding component of this warrant assures that the discourse will be
...
Page 136
Some conception of a public interest is implied , even if it is postulated as an
ideal rather than an achievable condition . If people were only to press for their
own interests , essentially adopting the stance of ethical egoism , they would lose
their ...
Some conception of a public interest is implied , even if it is postulated as an
ideal rather than an achievable condition . If people were only to press for their
own interests , essentially adopting the stance of ethical egoism , they would lose
their ...
Page 155
Although he lost the case defending a monopoly company against what the
courts perceived as the public interest , Daniel Webster successfully argued on
behalf of Charles River Bridge that corporations were to be considered “ persons
” with ...
Although he lost the case defending a monopoly company against what the
courts perceived as the public interest , Daniel Webster successfully argued on
behalf of Charles River Bridge that corporations were to be considered “ persons
” with ...
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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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