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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458129803321

Autore

Travers Max

Titolo

The new bureaucracy : Quality assurance and its critics

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol : , : Policy Press, Jan. 2009

©Jan. 2009

ISBN

1-281-74177-9

9786611741778

1-84742-235-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Disciplina

320.6

352.357

Soggetti

Technology & Engineering - Quality Control

Quality Assurance

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; THE NEW BUREAUCRACY; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Quality assurance as a new occupation; 3. Professionals and quality; 4. Audit and inspection; 5. Organisations and accountability; 6. The problem of red tape; 7. Critical responses; 8. Conclusion: learning to live with regulation; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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