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Criticism and Public Rationality: Professional Rigidity and the Search for Caring Government

Criticism and Public Rationality: Professional Rigidity and the Search for Caring Government

Hardcover

Series: Routledge Revivals

General Political Science

ISBN10: 041561354X
ISBN13: 9780415613545
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Mar 24 2011
Pages: 236
Weight: 0.93
Height: 0.56 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

Criticism is at the heart of any political discussion, and criticism of old policies is central to the development of new ones. In its analysis of political decision-making, this reissue, first published in 1991, examines the principles which control the process of policy criticism. It identifies two fundamental and related obstacles to this process: the privileged status accorded to 'professional judgement' and the conflicting philosophical ideas that shape political argument. Based on the study of Europe's largest local authority, the book presents a theory of decision-making that can be applied to institutions at all levels.

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Smart, Harry W.

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General Political Science