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
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 176-184) and index