Translating agency reform: rhetoric and culture in comparative perspective

Smullen, A.

Author: A. Smullen
Year: 2010
Title: Translating agency reform: rhetoric and culture in comparative perspective
Number of pages: 191
Publisher: Basingstoke: Palgrave McMillan
ISBN: 9780230580725
Serie: Public sector organizations
Document type: Book
Faculty: Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG)
Institute: Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR)
Abstract: 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.
Language: English
Permalink: http://hdl.handle.net/11245/1.338102

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