The Language of Public Administration : Bureaucracy, Modernity, and Postmodernity /

Coping with the practical problems of bureaucracy is hampered by the limited self-conception and the constricted mindsets of mainstream public administration thinking. Modernist public administration theory, although valuable and capable of producing ever more remarkable results, is limiting as an e...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Farmer, David John, 1935- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [1995]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Taalgebruik.
Postmodernisme.
Bureaucratie.
Openbaar bestuur.
Public administration.
Postmodernism.
Bureaucracy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Affairs & Administration.
Administration publique (Science)
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Coping with the practical problems of bureaucracy is hampered by the limited self-conception and the constricted mindsets of mainstream public administration thinking. Modernist public administration theory, although valuable and capable of producing ever more remarkable results, is limiting as an explanatory and catalytic force in resolving fundamental problems about the nature, size, scope, and functioning of public bureaucracy and in transforming public bureaucracy into a more positive force. This original study specifies a reflexive language paradigm for public administration thinking and.
Physical Description:1 online resource (327 pages).
ISBN:9780817389185

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