Postmodern public policy / Hugh T. Miller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miller, Hugh T. (Hugh Theodore), 1953-

Series:

SUNY series in public policy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political planning--United States.

Political planning.

Postmodernism--Political aspects.

Postmodernism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (133 p.)

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Preface

The System and its Nemesis

The Mutation of Meaning

Idea Contagion

Contextualism

Policy Inquiry

Democratic Discourse

References

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-112) and index.

ISBN:

9780791488034

0791488039

9780585486406

0585486409

OCLC:

61367527