LEADER 03138nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910971591903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9780791488034 010 $a0791488039 010 $a9780585486406 010 $a0585486409 024 7 $a10.1515/9780791488034 035 $a(CKB)111087027856346 035 $a(OCoLC)61367527 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10587166 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000224950 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11202536 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000224950 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10230123 035 $a(PQKB)10108682 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3407967 035 $a(OCoLC)53917557 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse5915 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3407967 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10587166 035 $a(DE-B1597)681922 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780791488034 035 $a(Perlego)2671755 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111087027856346 100 $a20020220d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPostmodern public policy /$fHugh T. Miller 210 $aAlbany $cState University of New York Press$dc2002 215 $a1 online resource (133 p.) 225 0 $aSUNY series in public policy 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9780791454893 311 08$a0791454894 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 105-112) and index. 327 $tFront Matter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $tThe System and its Nemesis -- $tThe Mutation of Meaning -- $tIdea Contagion -- $tContextualism -- $tPolicy Inquiry -- $tDemocratic Discourse -- $tReferences -- $tIndex 330 $aPostmodern 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. 606 $aPolitical planning$zUnited States 606 $aPostmodernism$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aPolitical planning 615 0$aPostmodernism$xPolitical aspects. 676 $a320/.6/0973 700 $aMiller$b Hugh T$g(Hugh Theodore),$f1953-$0594366 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910971591903321 996 $aPostmodern public policy$94352221 997 $aUNINA