The political theory of reinvention
By: DeLEON, Linda
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Contributor(s): Denhardt, Robert B.
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ArticlePublisher: Malden, MA : Blackwell Pubishers, mar./apr.2000Public Administration Review: PAR 60, 2, p. 89-97Abstract: In this article, we examine the implications of the reinvention movement for democratic governance, broadly defined. The most basic premise of the reinvention movement is a belief that the accumulation of the narrowly defined self-interests of many individuals can adequately approximate the public interest. By "narrowly defined", we mean the interests of individuals as they privately apprehend them, unmediated by participation in a process of civic discourse. To illustrate the centrality of this assumption to the implicit theory of reinvention, we consider three of its glorification of entreprenerial management. We then examine the implicatons of the self-interest assumption, which entails a rejection of democratic citizenship, civic engagement, and the public interest, broadly conceived
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In this article, we examine the implications of the reinvention movement for democratic governance, broadly defined. The most basic premise of the reinvention movement is a belief that the accumulation of the narrowly defined self-interests of many individuals can adequately approximate the public interest. By "narrowly defined", we mean the interests of individuals as they privately apprehend them, unmediated by participation in a process of civic discourse. To illustrate the centrality of this assumption to the implicit theory of reinvention, we consider three of its glorification of entreprenerial management. We then examine the implicatons of the self-interest assumption, which entails a rejection of democratic citizenship, civic engagement, and the public interest, broadly conceived
Public administration review PAR
March/April 2000 Volume 60 Number 2
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