Post modern public administration / Hugh T. Miller, Charles J. Fox

By: Miller, Hugh T, 1953 - [author]
Contributor(s): Charles, J. Fox [author]
Publisher: New York : M.E. Sharpe, [2007]Copyright date: c2007Edition: Revised editionDescription: xiii, 157 pages ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780765617057Subject(s): Postmodernism -- Political aspects | Policy scenes | Constructivism (Philosophy) | Public administration | Critical theory | Discourse analysisDDC classification: 351
Contents:
The representative democratic accountability feedback loop -- Alternatives to orthodoxy -- Hyperreality -- The social construction of government -- Ideographic discourse.
Summary: Provides a counterbalance to the standard assessment-measurement-accountability prescriptions that have made showing you did your job more important than actually doing it. This work articulates a postmodern theory of public administration that challenges the field to redirect its attention away from narrow, technique-oriented scientism.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The representative democratic accountability feedback loop --
Alternatives to orthodoxy --
Hyperreality --
The social construction of government --
Ideographic discourse.

Provides a counterbalance to the standard assessment-measurement-accountability prescriptions that have made showing you did your job more important than actually doing it. This work articulates a postmodern theory of public administration that challenges the field to redirect its attention away from narrow, technique-oriented scientism.

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