Postmodern Public Policy -- Contents -- Preface -- BRIEF OF THE ARGUMENT -- PLAN OF THE BOOK -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1. The System and its Nemesis -- ENCROACHMENTS -- HYPERRATIONALITY -- 2. The Mutation of Meaning -- SOME EXAMPLES OF THE DISCONNECT -- THE INSTABILITY OF LANGUAGE -- 3. Idea Contagion -- MEMETICS -- MEMETICS AND POSTMODERNISM -- THE PROSPECTS FOR RATIONAL SORTING -- 4. Contextualism -- SITUATION AND INTENTIONALITY -- PRACTICAL DISCOURSE -- A PERSPECTIVE ON CHANGE -- 5. Policy Inquiry -- EPISTEMOLOGY AS ABSTRACT UNIVERSALISM -- FACTS ARE WORD-SHAPED THINGS -- SELF-REFERENTIAL SYSTEMS -- PERSPECTIVAL SMALL t TRUTH -- 6. Democratic Discourse -- THE END OF UNIVERSALS? -- MONOLOGIC DISCOURSE: AN OXYMORON -- VIBRANT PLURALISM -- AN ETHOS OF DISCOURSE -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W.