A variety of scholarly attention to postmodernity can be observed. In Zuurmond’s study of ‘infocracy’ mentioned above and, for instance, in the study by Pröpper and Steenbeek (1999) of citizens’ participation in Dutch policy processes, the analysis is systematic, giving these studies a standard descriptive-analytical character. Both Zuurmond and Pröpper and Steenbeek focus on contemporary phenomena in public administration, using a more or less positivist approach.