ISBN:
9780761955047
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (175 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version In Praise of Bureaucracy
DDC:
302.3/5
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
In this provocative new study, Paul du Gay makes a compelling case for the continuing importance of bureaucracy. Taking inspiration from the work of Max Weber, du Gay launches a staunch defence of `the bureaucratic ethos' and highlights its continuing relevance to the achievement of social order and good government in liberal democratic societies. Through a comprehensive engagement with both historical and contemporary critiques of bureaucracy and a careful examination of the policies of organizational change within the public services today, du Gay develops a major reappraisal of the so-calle
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Bureaucratic Morality; Part I - The Religious and Romantic Origins of 'Bureau Critique'; Chapter 1 - Alasdair Maclntyre and the Christian Genealogy of 'Bureau Critique'; Chapter 2 - Bauman's Bureau:'Modernity', Identity, Ethics; Chapter 3 - The Anti-Bureaucrats: Contemporary Managerial Discourse and Charismatic Authority; Part II - Entrepreneurial Governance and the Bureaucratic Ethos; Chapter 4 - Office as a Vocation? Entrepreneurial Governance and Bureaucracy Critique
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 5 - 'Vitalizing' State Bureaux: Some Ethico-political Consequences of Reinventing GovernmentChapter 6 - Separate and Distinct Personae: Bureaucrats and Politicians; Conclusion - The Ethos of Office and State Interest; References; Index
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Description based upon print version of record
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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