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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In the pages that follow , we argue that American representative democracy is
neither representative nor democratic . Sovereign will formation is not happening
. Lacking sovereign legitimacy , top - down bureaucratic rule is but petty
autocracy ...
In the pages that follow , we argue that American representative democracy is
neither representative nor democratic . Sovereign will formation is not happening
. Lacking sovereign legitimacy , top - down bureaucratic rule is but petty
autocracy ...
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If representatives are insufficiently representative of their constituencies , then we
need to make it easier for the constituents to vote ( motor voter law ) . If
representatives use the power of their incumbency to garner disproportionate
campaign ...
If representatives are insufficiently representative of their constituencies , then we
need to make it easier for the constituents to vote ( motor voter law ) . If
representatives use the power of their incumbency to garner disproportionate
campaign ...
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The Institutionalist / Constitutionalist Alternative The incredulity of representative
democracy is both a curse and an opportunity . It is a curse on public
administration because it deprives it of access to popular sovereignty as it is
popularly ...
The Institutionalist / Constitutionalist Alternative The incredulity of representative
democracy is both a curse and an opportunity . It is a curse on public
administration because it deprives it of access to popular sovereignty as it is
popularly ...
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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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