Technical Communication Quarterly Jan 2000

Writing public policy: A practicum

Catherine F. Smith Syracuse University

Abstract

Practical experience teaches the difficulty and the messiness of democratic public policy processes. A discourse analytic perspective on rhetorical action in the institutional settings of policy work reveals the dynamics of effective agency. By simulating practical experience and by developing a discourse analytic perspective, academic instruction in professional and technical communication can show students what elected officials, governmental staff, and non‐profit non‐governmental organizations (NGOs) do to make or to implement policy.

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Technical Communication Quarterly
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2000-01-01
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10.1080/10572250009364686
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