Abstract:PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to overview and critique the over‐reach of highly ideological assumptions of neo‐classical economics into policy and governance terrains. The ontology and epistemology of neo‐classical economics know no bounds in their imperial extension to non‐market applications. The colonization of Public Administration in Australia, and elsewhere, is a vexing epistemological issue, demanding some reckoning.Design/methodology/approachThis deconstructive, critical essay seeks to provide a … Show more
“…Obscured by the hidden, self-referential, deductive assumptions of Public Choice Theory and the Neo-liberal project (Kouzmin et al 2001), "Principal/Agent" fictions legitimize a massive scale of out-sourcing, off-shoring, partnering and privatization of public programs and service delivery to private, mostly unaccountable, "invisible" contractors operating under "commercial-in-confidence" provisions (Shane and Nixon 2007;Klein 2007), within the privatized state (Kouzmin 2007(Kouzmin , 2009Scahill 2007).…”
Section: Crisis and Opportunism: A New Public Administration Paradigm?mentioning
“…Obscured by the hidden, self-referential, deductive assumptions of Public Choice Theory and the Neo-liberal project (Kouzmin et al 2001), "Principal/Agent" fictions legitimize a massive scale of out-sourcing, off-shoring, partnering and privatization of public programs and service delivery to private, mostly unaccountable, "invisible" contractors operating under "commercial-in-confidence" provisions (Shane and Nixon 2007;Klein 2007), within the privatized state (Kouzmin 2007(Kouzmin , 2009Scahill 2007).…”
Section: Crisis and Opportunism: A New Public Administration Paradigm?mentioning
“…In the contemporary, neo-liberal era, where information and data collection have become key resources for governments, the traditional public service model of integrating internal functions (political and bureaucratic leadership) with external (political) imperatives have given way to a new governance model whereby technology and private sector initiatives combine to drive public-policy agendas (Brown 2005, Kouzmin 2009). …”
Section: Socio-economic Status and Representationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…1)? At a time of a considerably reduced capacity of the sovereign state to govern society (Hirst 1994, Kouzmin 2009), the continued blurring of the private and public spheres limits an expanded view of freedom of access to information as well as its expression (Kakabadse et al 2003).…”
Aimed at reinforcing the democratic values of freedom of speech and increased diversity in civic access to the means of communication, this paper examines the concept of democracy within an information and communication technology-mediated context. Discussion proceeds with an analysis of orthodox views adopted by Jefferson and the architects of the American Constitution. Building on the Jeffersonian tradition, a critique is presented of present-day, non-transparent constraints on the democratic values of freedom of speech, information access and the structural constrains mitigating unfettered public access to critical information and debate on fundamental social and political issues of the day. The proposed 'custodiary' model for the new Democratic Project is premised on the development of a constitutional framework which encourages information diversity and freedom of access and expression as a way of bringing back 'discourse' into democratic praxis.
“…(Royrvik, 2009, para. 13, emphasis added) For the past forty years, exaggerated, mystifying claims about unfettered markets, transforming technology, and the dynamism of democracy removed any signs of modesty within the dismal science of economics (Kouzmin, 2009). According to these delusions, history no longer mattered, and the present was constantly captured by one possible neoliberal, monetarist future (Gerlach & Hamilton, 2000).…”
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confidence: 99%
“…In terms of fellow travelers, neoliberal economic babble based on PCT and its bastard child, new public management (NPM), might stand alongside with Marxist babble. Marxism, at least, had some empirical validation for theorizing and modeling crises (Kouzmin, 2009;.…”
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