Translating Agency Reform: Rhetoric and Culture in Comparative Perspective (Public Sector Organizations) - Hardcover

Book 2 of 17: Public Sector Organizations

Smullen, A.

 
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ISBN 10: 0230580726 ISBN 13: 9780230580725
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010

Synopsis

Through comparative analysis this book examines and explains the official rhetoric of agency reform across consensus and adversarial political cultures. It traces the trajectory of talk about agency reform in The Netherlands, Sweden and Australia and identifies the national styles of speaking that mediated the agency idea.

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About the Author

AMANDA SMULLEN is Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Management, Department of Politics, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. She is co-author of Agencies: How Governments Do Things Through Semi-Autonomous Organizations and has published in various journals including Public Administration, Comparative Policy Analysis and Critical Policy Analysis.

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date
2010
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0230580726
ISBN 13 
9780230580725
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
201

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