Modernism, postmodernism and public administration

Authors

  • Murat Yıldırım

Keywords:

modernism, postmodernism, bureaucracy, post-bureaucratic organisations

Abstract

In this study, the impacts of modernism and postmodernism on public administration have been comperatively examined. This distinction between modernism and postmodernism also expresses different living and thinking ways in point of perceiving and giving meaning to social life. This situation naturally denotes in the field of administration. While bureaucratic organisations become experienced modernism, post-bureaucratic organisations reflect postmodern life in a way that postmodernism rejects modern viewpoint.

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Author Biography

Murat Yıldırım

Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi, İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi, Kamu Yönetimi Bölümü

Published

2009-10-01

How to Cite

Yıldırım, M. (2009). Modernism, postmodernism and public administration. Journal of Human Sciences, 6(2), 380–397. Retrieved from https://j-humansciences.com/ojs/index.php/IJHS/article/view/867

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Section

Public Administration