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Talk as action: exploring discursive dimensions of welfare state reform
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Abstract In many New Public Management reforms a direct and causal one-to-one relationship is assumed between reform and better performance. This article challenges this assumption by specifying reform as independent variable. Looking at reform in two comparable welfare states, Belgium and The Netherlands, t... view more
In many New Public Management reforms a direct and causal one-to-one relationship is assumed between reform and better performance. This article challenges this assumption by specifying reform as independent variable. Looking at reform in two comparable welfare states, Belgium and The Netherlands, the discursive aspects of such reform are explored. Reform can be differentiated into reform action and reform talk. Next to measures (action) discourse (talk) seems to be an innate characteristic of reform that may fundamentally help shaping reform results.... view less
Keywords
welfare state; reform; discourse analysis; civil service; public administration; New Public Management; social security; Belgium; Netherlands
Classification
Political System, Constitution, Government
Method
descriptive study
Free Keywords
public service performance
Document language
English
Publication Year
2010
Page/Pages
p. 377-392
Journal
der moderne staat - dms: Zeitschrift für Public Policy, Recht und Management, 3 (2010) 2
ISSN
2196-1395
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed