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In Praise of Bureaucracy Paul du Gay

In Praise of Bureaucracy By Paul du Gay

In Praise of Bureaucracy by Paul du Gay


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Summary

A study of institutions, management, ethics and contemporary society.

In Praise of Bureaucracy Summary

In Praise of Bureaucracy: Weber - Organization - Ethics by Paul du Gay

In this provocative 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. In doing so he highlights the ways in which many of the key features of bureaucratic conduct that came into existence a century ago still remain essential to the provision of responsible democratic government.

In Praise of Bureaucracy Reviews

`Paul du Gay takes the current discourse over managerialism in government to newer, deeper and richer intellectual realms. He deepens our understanding of Weber's theory of bureaucracy, disposes of superficial moral critiques of the concept and shows how the bureaucratic form of organization occupies a distinctively justified place in democratic life' - Charles Goodsell, Virginia Tech

`This is an important book. Writing with clarity and precision and drawing on a rich array of sources, Paul du Gay dissects the philosophical and managerialist criticisms of bureaucracy and exposes their assumptions and weakness... In Praise of Bureaucracy makes a substantial and very welcome original contribution to social theory, and to the study of management and organizations' - Richard Brown, Univeristy of Durham

`In this controversial, but compellingly argued book, Paul du Gay contests both the conventional romantic critique of bureaucracy and the fashionable New Public Management philosophy espoused by New Labour, which seeks to entrepreneurialize the conservative forces represented by any commitment to the distinctive ethos of public office' - Stuart Hall, The Open University and Goldsmiths College, Univeristy of London

About Paul du Gay

Paul du Gay is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at The Open University

Table of Contents

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 Personae 'Bureaucrats' and 'Politicians' Conclusion The Ethos of Office and State Interest

Additional information

NPB9780761955030
9780761955030
0761955038
In Praise of Bureaucracy: Weber - Organization - Ethics by Paul du Gay
New
Hardback
SAGE Publications Inc
2000-06-21
176
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