Public Sector Organizations: Rhetoric and Culture in Comparative Perspective

Smullen, A.

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.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2010-04-29

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780230580725

DOI: 10.1057/9780230289703

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 191