Postmodern Public Administration
Toward Discourse
SAGE Publications Inc (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 21. December 1994
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-0-8039-5802-9 (ISBN)
Description
Charles 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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Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Weight
317 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8039-5802-9 (9780803958029)
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Content
PART ONE: CRITIQUE
A New Approach to Democratic Governance
Orthodoxy and Its Alternatives
The Growing Gap between Words and Deeds
Postmodern Symbolic Politics
PART TWO: DISCOURSE THEORY
Theoretical Underpinnings of Discourse Theory
Phenomenology, Constructivism, Structuration Theory and Energy Fields
Warrants for Discourse
Nascent Forms of Discourse
A New Approach to Democratic Governance
Orthodoxy and Its Alternatives
The Growing Gap between Words and Deeds
Postmodern Symbolic Politics
PART TWO: DISCOURSE THEORY
Theoretical Underpinnings of Discourse Theory
Phenomenology, Constructivism, Structuration Theory and Energy Fields
Warrants for Discourse
Nascent Forms of Discourse