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Translating Agency Reform

Rhetoric and Culture in Comparative Perspective

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  • © 2010

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Authors:
  1. Amanda Smullen

    1. Department of Politics, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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Part of the book series: Public Sector Organizations (PSO)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Setting the Scene

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Translating Agency Reform

      • Amanda Smullen
      Pages 3-15

    3. Agency Reform: Tracing a Public Management Fashion

      • Amanda Smullen
      Pages 16-39

  3. Theory and Trajectories of Talk

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 41-41
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    2. Theoretical Concepts and Tools: Rhetoric and Culture

      • Amanda Smullen
      Pages 43-64

    3. The Trajectory of Agency Talk Across The Netherlands, Sweden and Australia

      • Amanda Smullen
      Pages 65-108

  4. Comparing and Explaining Agency Talk

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 109-109
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    2. Comparing Official Agency Talk: National Speaking Styles and the Role of Cultural Context?

      • Amanda Smullen
      Pages 111-134

    3. The Role of Culturally Flavoured Stories and Their National Translations

      • Amanda Smullen
      Pages 135-158

    4. Conclusion

      • Amanda Smullen
      Pages 159-169

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 170-191
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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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Politics, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Amanda Smullen

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.

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