Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-11-2016
Publication Source
Public Integrity
Abstract
This inquiry focuses specifically on administrative (local official) narratives that speak to contentious issue contexts of social conflict. Specifically, it draws upon a theoretical connection between hermeneutics and the sociology of knowledge to interpret narrative passages of local officials and others related to a contentious public action—the Detroit Water and Sewerage District’s stepped-up water-discontinuation efforts (2014 and 2015) that left thousands of inner-city residents with “delinquent” accounts and no access to water service. Selected narratives from this case are interpreted on the basis of their literary and social functions. The interpretations support a subsequent determination of whether and how the power and influence of administrative narrative assume significance as a matter of public ethics.
Inclusive pages
164-186
ISBN/ISSN
1099-9922
Document Version
Postprint
Copyright
Copyright © 2016, American Society for Public Administration
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Volume
19
Issue
2
Peer Reviewed
yes
Keywords
administrative rhetoric, code of ethics, human rights
eCommons Citation
Ghere, Richard K., "Administrative Narratives, Human Rights, and Public Ethics: The Detroit Water-Shutoff Case" (2016). Political Science Faculty Publications. 101.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/pol_fac_pub/101
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Comments
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