|
|
|||
|
||||
Overview"A brilliant look at institutions as popular as the National Basketball Association and as austere as the Supreme Court, all through the lens of what it means to ""think institutionally."" The twenty-first-century mind deeply distrusts the authority of institutions. It has taken several centuries for advocates of ""critical"" thinking to convince Western culture that to be rational, liberated, authentic, and modern means to be anti-institutional. In this mold-breaking book, Hugh Heclo moves beyond the abstract academic realm of thinking ""about"" institutions to the more personal significance-and larger social meaning-of what it is to ""think institutionally."" His account ranges from Michael Jordan's ""respect for the game"" of basketball to Greek philosophy, from twenty-first-century corporate and political scandals to Christian theology and the concept of ""office"" and ""professionalism."" Think what you will about one institution or another, but after Heclo, no reader will be left in doubt about why it matters to think institutionally." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Hugh HecloPublisher: Taylor & Francis Inc Imprint: Paradigm Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.231kg ISBN: 9781594512964ISBN 10: 1594512965 Pages: 232 Publication Date: 05 November 2008 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Chapter 1: Introduction: Respect for the Game Chapter 2: Our Modern Impasse Chapter 3: From Thinking about Institutions to Thinking Institutionally Chapter 4: Being Institutionally Minded Chapter 5: Applications, Dangers, and the Uphill Journey Chapter 6: Ways of Thinking, Ways of Being Notes Appendix: Selected Works of Hugh Heclo Index About the AuthorReviewsAuthor InformationHugh Heclo is Clarence J. Robinson Professor of Public Affairs at George Mason University, a former Professor of Government at Harvard University, and prior to that a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. His latest book, Christianity and American Democracy, was published by Harvard University Press in 2007. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |