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

Smullen, A.

ISBN 10: 1349368652 / ISBN 13: 9781349368655

Published by MacMillan, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Translating Agency Reform: Rhetoric and Culture in Comparative Perspective (Public Sector Organizations)
• Publisher: MacMillan
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1349368652
• ISBN 13: 9781349368655
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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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.

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.