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The rhetoric of modernization and the Labour Government's pay agenda

Hamilton, P.M.; Redman, T.

Authors

T. Redman



Abstract

The modernization agenda is central to New Labour's desire to improve public services and reforming public sector pay is argued to be a fundamental requirement to delivering such improvement. This article argues that both the modernization agenda and pay reform have a rhetorical function. The authors analyse some short extracts of text from the NHS Agenda for Change on pay reform and show that much of the text requires unstated assumptions and premises to be added by the reader to render the arguments of the text to be fully coherent. Reaction to these unstated aspects of the Government's rhetoric are central to whether modernization is approved of or not.

Citation

Hamilton, P., & Redman, T. (2003). The rhetoric of modernization and the Labour Government's pay agenda. Public Money & Management, 23(4), 223-228. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9302.00376

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date 2003-10
Deposit Date Apr 3, 2007
Journal Public Money and Management
Print ISSN 0954-0962
Electronic ISSN 1467-9302
Publisher Taylor and Francis Group
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 23
Issue 4
Pages 223-228
DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9302.00376
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1589104

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