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 first is the notion of the situation . When we pay attention , we must pay
attention . . . to something . There is always a situation whenever our attention is
called forth . When we solve a problem , we solve a specific problem , located in
a ...
The first is the notion of the situation . When we pay attention , we must pay
attention . . . to something . There is always a situation whenever our attention is
called forth . When we solve a problem , we solve a specific problem , located in
a ...
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perceptual field and giving definition to the situation in which we find ourselves .
The sensory input of each situation does not impinge on a blank slate ( as it
would in Cartesian and Lockean object - subject dualism ) ; rather there are
givens ...
perceptual field and giving definition to the situation in which we find ourselves .
The sensory input of each situation does not impinge on a blank slate ( as it
would in Cartesian and Lockean object - subject dualism ) ; rather there are
givens ...
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B . SITUATION - REGARDING INTENTIONALITY The situation - regarding
component of this warrant assures that the discourse will be about something ,
about contextually situated activities . Speakers with a situation - regarding
intentionality ...
B . SITUATION - REGARDING INTENTIONALITY The situation - regarding
component of this warrant assures that the discourse will be about something ,
about contextually situated activities . Speakers with a situation - regarding
intentionality ...
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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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