Translating agency reform : rhetoric and culture in comparative perspective /
"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...
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| Language: | English |
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Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2010.
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| Series: | Public sector organizations.
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Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: Introduction
- Agency Reform: Tracing a Public Management Fashion
- Theoretical Concepts and Tools: Rhetoric and Culture
- The Trajectories of Official Agency Talk
- Comparing Official Agency Talk: National Styles of Speaking and the Role of Cultural Context?
- The Role of Culturally Flavoured Stories and their National Translation
- Conclusion.