Fabricating the People - Politics and Administration in the Biopolitical State

Since the 1960s, hostility and mistrust toward the U.S. government has risen precipitously. At the same time, the field of public administration has wrestled with its own crisis of legitimacy. In this groundbreaking study, Thomas J. Catlaw demonstrates that the current crisis of government originates in the uncritical manner in which we have accepted the idea of "the People”. He contends that this unifying, foundational concept has failed.

About the author

Thomas J. Catlaw is associate professor of public affairs at Arizona State University in Phoenix.

Summary

Fabricating the People boldly proposes post-representational governance that reframes the practice of modern democracy and reinvents the role of public administration.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas J Catlaw, Thomas J. Catlaw
• Publisher: The University of Alabama Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.12.2015
• EAN: 9780817358150
• ISBN: 978-0-8173-5815-0
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 226 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 431 g
• Series: Public Admin: Criticism and Cr; Public Admin: Criticism and Cr; Public Administration: Critici
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education