BOGASON, Peter <br/><br/>
Postmodernism and american publcic administration in the 1990s 

 - Thousand Oaks :  SAGE,  May 2001 
<br/><br/> The 1990s debate on postmodernims as a metatheorectical basis for American public administration is review based on its process over time. Important themes in the debates are social constructivism and antifoundationalism; deconstruction and narrative and linguistic analysis; pragmatism; and quantum theory. Considerable differences exist between the participants; and strictly speaking, there are rather few true postmodernints, but there is a large group of  theorists who share a strong skepticism for the gerneralizing type of theory and instead recommend more situational analysis. Most of these theorists are pragmantists with a strong interest in public administration as an instrument to achieve a better society on the basis of democratic participation