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.
Postmodern Public Policy introduces new ways of investigating the urgent difficulties confronting the public sector.
Ketika ini semua disadari oleh orang Dayak, maka muncul kesadaran kritis
Dayak yang menimbulkan anggapan dan pemikiran bahwa pembangunan orde
baru sangat menindas dan memarjinalkan mereka. Akhirnya muncul frustrasi,
kekecewaan dan kemarahan. Namun mereka tidak berdaya untuk memberontak
dan melawan kekuasaan yang ada karena takut dituduh tidak pancasilais dan
tidak nasionalis. Senjata slogan tersebut sangat ampuh untuk menerobos
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