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Author Smullen, Amanda, 1972-

Title Translating agency reform : rhetoric and culture in comparative perspective / Amanda Smullen
Published Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (x, 191 pages)
Series Public sector organizations series
Public sector organizations.
Contents Introduction -- 1. Translating agency reform -- 2. Agency reform: tracing a public management fashion -- 3. Theoretical concepts and tools: rhetoric and culture -- 4. The trajectory of agency talk across the Netherlands, Sweden and Australia -- 5. Comparing official agency talk: national speaking styles and the role of cultural context? -- 6. The role of culturally flavoured stories and their national translations -- 7. Conclusion
Summary "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"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 176-184) and index
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Subject Communication in public administration.
Organizational change.
Rhetoric
Organizational Innovation
rhetoric (discipline)
Public administration -- Netherlands -- Australia -- Sweden.
Central government -- Netherlands -- Australia -- Sweden.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Affairs & Administration.
Politics and Government.
Communication in public administration
Organizational change
Rhetoric
Agentschappen.
Openbaar bestuur.
Retorica.
Nederland.
Zweden (land)
Australiƫ
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780230289703
0230289703
9781349368655
1349368652