The values of bureaucracy

The end of bureaucracy has been anticipated many times throughout the history of management science as well as in modern social and political theory. This book sets out to show why bureaucracy persists and what values it embodies and upholds. Thus the book seeks to show how and why bureaucratic form...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Du Gay, Paul
Format: eBook Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2005
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Oxford Univ. Press
Edition:1
Subjects:
Bureaucracy
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
Bürokratie
Civil service & public sector
Complex organizations
Economics of industrial organisation
History & Theory
Industrial Management
Industrial Organization
Industries
Organisatorischer Wandel
Organizational change
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Political science & theory
Political Theory
Public Economics
Values
ISBN:0199275467, 9780199275465, 9780199275458, 0199275459
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Notes on Contributors -- The Values of Bureaucracy: An Introduction -- Part 1: The Politics of Bureaucracy -- 1. The Bureau as Unit of Governance -- 2. Bureaucracy and Liberty: State, Authority, and Freedom -- 3. Bureaucracy and the Controversy between Liberal Interventionism and Non-Interventionism -- Part 2: The End of Bureaucracy? -- 4. Bureaucracy at Work: Misunderstandings and Mixed Blessings -- 5. Beyond the Iron Cage? Bureaucracy and Democracy in the Knowledge Economy and Society -- 6. Bureaucracy and Beyond: Managers and Leaders in the 'Post-Bureaucratic' Organization -- Part 3: Bureaucracy and Public Management -- 7. A Service to the Public: The Containment of Ethical and Moral Conflicts by Public Bureaucracies -- 8. Bending Bureaucracy: Leadership and Multi-Level Governance -- 9. Performing for the Public: Doubt, Desire, and the Evaluation of Public Services -- 10. What is Best 'Value'? Bureaucracy, Virtualism, and Local Governance -- Part 4: Bureaucracy and Civil Society -- 11. Gender Equity-A Bureaucratic Enterprise? -- 12. Bureaucracy, Open Access, and Social Pluralism: Returning the Common to the Goose -- 13. The Popularity of Bureaucracy: Involvement in Voluntary Associations -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z