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OverviewThe word 'tickbox' emerged recently as a cynical angle on official or corporate incompetence. They had 'ticked the box' - people said - but failed to act. It is increasingly used to describe this gap between official spin and reality. Yet, says David Boyle in this powerful expose of tickbox culture, that is just the tip of a vast tickbox iceberg. The only people who remain blind to this gap are those rich or powerful enough to run the world, and behind Tickbox lies an insidious philosophy of automation and the misuse of data that weighs heavily on every one of us. It makes our public services less effective - and makes them soar in costs - it lies behind so many stark injustices and disasters, from Grenfell Tower to the deportation of the Windrush generation. Yet the system carries on, and grows in power and strengths - vacuuming up the resources of the NHS pursuing pointless targets or badgering us to reveal how much we had enjoyed our visit to their bank counter - because those who run the world remain committed to it. It is time we escaped the tentacles of Tickbox. Boyle suggests a series of ways out - starting with recognising the danger and calling it out for what it is - a massive failure, corroding our lives and our ability, as human beings, to act on the world. Full Product DetailsAuthor: David BoylePublisher: Little, Brown Book Group Imprint: Little, Brown Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 23.20cm Weight: 0.340kg ISBN: 9781408711873ISBN 10: 1408711877 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 16 January 2020 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsThis powerful and timely book will strike an immediate chord with anyone who has had to submit to the fast-spreading tickbox culture * Financial Times * Feistily interesting . . . often very funny * Guardian * "Feistily interesting . . . often very funny * Guardian * This powerful and timely book will strike an immediate chord with anyone who has had to submit to the fast-spreading ""tickbox culture"" * Financial Times *" Feistily interesting . . . often very funny * Guardian * This powerful and timely book will strike an immediate chord with anyone who has had to submit to the fast-spreading tickbox culture * Financial Times * Author InformationDavid Boyle is a fellow of NEF and the author of a series of books about history, social change and the future, including Authenticity: Brands, Fakes, Spin and the Lust for Real Life, The Tyranny of Numbers and The Sum of Our Discontent. Funny Money: In search of alternative cash launched the time banks movement in the UK. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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