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Author:   Paul du Gay (Professor of Sociology and Organization Studies, and Co-Director of the Centre for Citizenship, Identities, and Governance, The Open University, UK)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.30cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 24.10cm
Weight:   0.683kg
ISBN:  

9780199275458

ISBN 10:   0199275459
Pages:   359
Publication Date:   17 March 2005
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Section 1: The Politics of Bureaucracy 1: Charles T. Goodsell: The Bureau as Unit of Governance 2: Paul du Gay: Bureaucracy and Liberty: State, Authority, and Freedom 3: Thomas Armbrüster: Bureaucracy and the Controversy Between Liberal Interventionism and Non-Interventionism Section 2: The End of Bureaucracy? 4: Paul Thompson and Mats Alvesson: Bureaucracy at Work: Misunderstandings and Mixed Blessings 5: Michael Reed: Beyond the Iron Cage? Bureaucracy and Democracy in the Knowledge Economy and Society 6: Graeme Salaman: Bureaucracy and Beyond: Managers and Leaders in the 'Post-Bureaucratic' Organization Section 3: Bureaucracy and Public Management 7: Paul Hoggett: A Service to the Public: The Containment of Ethical and Moral Conflicts by Public Bureaucracies 8: Janet Newman: Bending Bureaucracy: Leadership and Multi-Level Governance 9: John Clarke: Performing for the Public: Doubt, Desire, and the Evaluation of Public Services 10: Daniel Miller: What is Best 'Value'? Bureaurcarcy, Virtualism, and Local Governance Section 4: Bureaucracy and Civil Society 11: Yvonne Due Billing: Gender Equality: A Bureaucratic Enterprise? 12: Anonino Palumbo and Alan Scott: Bureaucracy, Open Access, and Social Pluralism: Returning the Common to the Goose 13: Mike Savage: The Popularity of Bureaucracy: Involvement in Voluntary Associations

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Paul du Gay is Professor of Sociology and Organization Studies, and Co-Director of the Centre for Citizenship, Identities and Governance, in the Faculty of Social Sciences at the Open University. His research is located in the sociology of organizational life and cultural studies. His recent publications include, In Praise of Bureaucracy (Sage, 2000) and Cultural Economy (ed. with M. Pryke, 2002). Culture, Person and Organization: Essays in Cultural Economy will be published by Sage in 2005.

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