Postmodern Public Administration: Toward Discourse

Abstract

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