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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We have laid out our discourse theory , and the next task is to demonstrate its
veracity . Can evidence of public policy discourse , as we have articulated · it , be
found ? E . NASCENT FORMS OF DISCOURSE · Case material that purports ...
We have laid out our discourse theory , and the next task is to demonstrate its
veracity . Can evidence of public policy discourse , as we have articulated · it , be
found ? E . NASCENT FORMS OF DISCOURSE · Case material that purports ...
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Some - talk discourse describes those nascent structurations identified in the
public policy literature as policy networks . The rules of authentic discourse are
perceptibly in evidence in many public policy networks . Public administrators ,
policy ...
Some - talk discourse describes those nascent structurations identified in the
public policy literature as policy networks . The rules of authentic discourse are
perceptibly in evidence in many public policy networks . Public administrators ,
policy ...
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Instead of involving every citizen in decision making ( “ or empowerment , ” e . g .
, Model Cities ) , the idea is to increase citizen participation in the articulation and
formulation of public policy programs . Rather than having the many engage in ...
Instead of involving every citizen in decision making ( “ or empowerment , ” e . g .
, Model Cities ) , the idea is to increase citizen participation in the articulation and
formulation of public policy programs . Rather than having the many engage in ...
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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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