In Praise of Bureaucracy - Weber - Organization - Ethics

Informationen zum Autor Paul du Gay is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at The Open University Klappentext 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-called `traditional' ethic of office. Zusammenfassung A study of institutions! management! ethics and contemporary society. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Bureaucratic Morality PART ONE: THE RELIGIOUS AND ROMANTIC ORIGINS OF ¿BUREAU CRITIQUE¿ Alasdair MacIntyre and the Christian Genealogy of ¿Bureau Critique¿ Bauman¿s Bureau ¿Modernity¿, Identity, Ethics The Anti-Bureaucrats Contemporary Managerial Discourse and Charismatic Authority PART TWO: ENTREPRENEURIAL GOVERNANCE AND THE BUREAUCRATIC ETHOS Office as a Vocation? Entrepreneurial Governance and Bureaucracy-Critique ¿Vitalizing¿ State Bureaux Some Ethico-Political Consequences of ¿Re-Inventing Government¿ Separate and Distinct > ¿Bureaucrats¿ and ¿Politicians¿ Conclusion The Ethos of Office and State Interest

Product details

• Authors: Paul du Gay
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.06.2000
• EAN: 9780761955030
• ISBN: 978-0-7619-5503-0
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: Organization, Theory & Society
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; Social Theory, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Organizational Behavior, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, Ethics & moral philosophy, Organizational theory & behaviour, Ethics and moral philosophy, Institutions and learned societies: general, Organizational theory and behaviour, Institutions & learned societies: general, Critical Management;Social Theory