The Language of Public Administration (Bureaucracy, Modernity, and Postmodernity)

Author: (American) Farnham, written by, Wu Qiong, translated by
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Features: Undoubtedly, this is a weighty book. I think it is one of the most comprehensive and profound philosophical works in the field of contemporary public administration in the United States. —O.C. Maxwell, quoted from Public Administration Review This is a work that challenges the cognitive inertia and fixed patterns of thought among public administration practitioners and researchers. The deconstruction of modernist and postmodernist public administration discourse by the author aims to inspire diverse dimensions of thinking about public administration, with the hope of sparking a cognitive revolution in public administration within a postmodern context. —Translator of this book This book employs a reflective linguistic model, viewing modernity and postmodernity as two human mental models and conducting a deconstructive reading of public administration discourse from these two dimensions. The author argues that from a modernist perspective, public administration is constructed as a science, technology, enterprise, or an interpretation; whereas from a postmodernist perspective, the emphasis on imagination, deconstruction, non-localization, and alterity provides opportunities to transform public bureaucracy and the world of public administration. Here, all meaning is deconstructed, all boundaries are dissolved, and administration is replaced by anti-administration. This book will guide you to experience a fresh perspective in the world of thought and language of public administration.