Postmodern Public PolicyState University of New York Press, 01/02/2012 - 132 من الصفحات Postmodern Public Policy introduces new ways of investigating the urgent difficulties confronting the public sector. The second half of the twentieth century saw approaches to public administration, public policy, and public management dominated by technical-instrumental thought that aspired to neutrality, objectivity, and managerialism. This form of social science has contributed to a public sector where policy debates have been reduced to "bumper-sticker" slogans, a citizenry largely alienated and distant from government, and analysis that ignores history and context and eschews the lived experiences of actual people. Hugh T. Miller brings together the latest thinking from epistemology, evolutionary theory, and discourse theory in an accessible and useful manner to emphasize how a postmodern approach offers the possibility of well-considered, pragmatic solutions grounded in political pluralism and social interaction between public service professionals and community members. |
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الصفحة vii
... context, back to the everyday problems that people encounter in their experi- ence of everyday life. But the tendency in the opposite direction may be too strong. Meanwhile, policy implementation continues its tendency toward universal ...
... context, back to the everyday problems that people encounter in their experi- ence of everyday life. But the tendency in the opposite direction may be too strong. Meanwhile, policy implementation continues its tendency toward universal ...
الصفحة ix
... context. Foucault said the same thing about power; it is a relationship and not an abstract com- modity. And the same could be said in critique of deliberative democ- racy. Democratic self-governance, at this historical moment, seems ...
... context. Foucault said the same thing about power; it is a relationship and not an abstract com- modity. And the same could be said in critique of deliberative democ- racy. Democratic self-governance, at this historical moment, seems ...
الصفحة xii
... context and history can help policy participants comprehend the meanings of terms and symbols. The present moment is imbued with the history that got us here. The meaning of the present moment depends on meanings and understandings that ...
... context and history can help policy participants comprehend the meanings of terms and symbols. The present moment is imbued with the history that got us here. The meaning of the present moment depends on meanings and understandings that ...
الصفحة xiii
... context changes, we should not be surprised that the term bureaucrat (or any term) means different things in different contexts. The question is never whether bureaucrat is a true fact everywhere all the time, but whether it is a ...
... context changes, we should not be surprised that the term bureaucrat (or any term) means different things in different contexts. The question is never whether bureaucrat is a true fact everywhere all the time, but whether it is a ...
الصفحة xiv
... context and the historical traditions of those whose practices are expected to change. Stability and order emanate from those traditions and practices, but these same practices are potentially malleable to some extent. In chapter 5 ...
... context and the historical traditions of those whose practices are expected to change. Stability and order emanate from those traditions and practices, but these same practices are potentially malleable to some extent. In chapter 5 ...
المحتوى
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2 The Mutation of Meaning | 21 |
3 Idea Contagion | 33 |
4 Contextualism | 51 |
5 Policy Inquiry | 65 |
6 Democratic Discourse | 87 |
References | 105 |
Index | 113 |
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