Public administration discourse - A matter of style?

This article proposes that a reorientation is required in public administra tion's discourse style. It suggests that traditional style(s) cannot cope w ith complex problems like the ongoing antipathy against bureaucracy and bur eaucracy's "iron cage" challenges. It proposes,first, that public administr ation discourse should become more self-conscious about style, a feature of ten misunderstood as a decorative and unimportant add-on. Second, a self-co nscious style should be what is described as post-ist, including emphasis o n the autonomously macro and longer term. Traditional and post-ist styles a re contrasted.