Putting Words into People's Mouths? Economic Culture and its Implications for Local Government

Maureen Mackintosh ()
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Maureen Mackintosh: Department of Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences, The Open University

No 9, Open Discussion Papers in Economics from The Open University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics

Abstract: Examines analytically and through field work the forced transfer of economic and business concepts into the vocabulary of local government. Reflects on the use of discourse analysis in economic investigaton.

Keywords: Economic culture; public sector reform; discourse (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 36 pages
Date: 1995-12, Revised 1997-01
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Published in as 'Economic culture and quasi-markets in local government: the case of contracting for social care' in Local Government Studies Vol.23/2 pp.80-102 1997 and as 'Trading work: discourses of exchange in the economic culture of local government' in Public Policy and Administration Vol.12 No.2 1997

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