By highlighting the degree to which meaning making in public policy is more a cultural struggle than a rational and analytical project, Governing Narratives brings public administration back into a political context.In Governing Narratives, Hugh T. Miller takes a narrative approach in conceptualizing the politics of public policy. In this approach, signs and ideographs that is, constellations of images, feelings, values, and conceptualization are woven into policy narratives through the use of story lines. For example, the ideograph acid rain is part of an environmental...