LEADER 03100nam 22004693u 450 001 9910451595903321 005 20210106200619.0 010 $a0-19-164773-X 010 $a0-19-155698-X 010 $a1-4237-8678-5 035 $a(CKB)1000000000463499 035 $a(EBL)948381 035 $a(OCoLC)797917067 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC948381 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000463499 100 $a20130418d2005|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 200 14$aThe Values of Bureaucracy$b[electronic resource] 210 $aOxford $cOUP Oxford$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (557 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-927546-7 327 $aCover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Notes on Contributors; The Values of Bureaucracy: An Introduction; Part 1: The Politics of Bureaucracy; 1. The Bureau as Unit of Governance; 2. Bureaucracy and Liberty: State, Authority, and Freedom; 3. Bureaucracy and the Controversy between Liberal Interventionism and Non-Interventionism; Part 2: The End of Bureaucracy?; 4. Bureaucracy at Work: Misunderstandings and Mixed Blessings; 5. Beyond the Iron Cage? Bureaucracy and Democracy in the Knowledge Economy and Society 327 $a6. Bureaucracy and Beyond: Managers and Leaders in the 'Post-Bureaucratic' OrganizationPart 3: Bureaucracy and Public Management; 7. A Service to the Public: The Containment of Ethical and Moral Conflicts by Public Bureaucracies; 8. Bending Bureaucracy: Leadership and Multi-Level Governance; 9. Performing for the Public: Doubt, Desire, and the Evaluation of Public Services; 10. What is Best 'Value'? Bureaucracy, Virtualism, and Local Governance; Part 4: Bureaucracy and Civil Society; 11. Gender Equity-A Bureaucratic Enterprise? 327 $a12. Bureaucracy, Open Access, and Social Pluralism: Returning the Common to the Goose13. The Popularity of Bureaucracy: Involvement in Voluntary Associations; Index; Footnotes 330 $aThe end of bureaucracy has been anticipated many times throughout the history of management science, as well as in modern social and political theory. This book sets out to show why bureaucracy persists and what values it embodies and upholds. Thus the book seeks to show how and why bureaucratic forms of organization have played, and continue to play, a vital and productive role in ordering our political, social, economic, and cultural existence.The book also describes and analyzes the impact of contemporary programmes of organizational reform in the public and private sectors on bureaucratic 606 $aBureaucracy 606 $aOrganizational change 608 $aElectronic books. 615 4$aBureaucracy. 615 4$aOrganizational change. 676 $a302.3/5 676 $a302.35 700 $adu Gay$b Paul$0144244 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451595903321 996 $aThe Values of Bureaucracy$92240294 997 $aUNINA