Postmodern public policy / Hugh T. Miller.
The principle of the universal applicability of rules and laws that has held sway in Western civilization since the French Revolution, according to Miller (public administration, Florida Atlantic U.) does nothing more than rule a situation and insist on a conformance that distances us from the legal...
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| Language: | English |
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| Series: | SUNY series in public policy.
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| Summary: | The principle of the universal applicability of rules and laws that has held sway in Western civilization since the French Revolution, according to Miller (public administration, Florida Atlantic U.) does nothing more than rule a situation and insist on a conformance that distances us from the legal-rational democracy to which it gives rise. Applying the insights of postmodern philosophy to public policy, he contends, can bring back context and history to a bottom-up policy discourse that privileges experience, local knowledge, and local constituencies. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 116 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-112) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0585486409 9780585486406 0791454894 9780791454893 0791454908 9780791454909 9780791488034 0791488039 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Source of description: Print version record. |