Fabricating the people : politics and administration in the biopolitical state / / Thomas J. Catlaw

• Autore: Catlaw Thomas J (Thomas Joseph), <1973->
• Pubblicazione: Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (273 p.)
• Disciplina: 320.973
• Soggetto topico: Legitimacy of governments - United States - Public opinion; Public administration - United States - Public opinion; Political leadership - United States - Public opinion; Public opinion - United States
• Soggetto geografico: United States Politics and government 2001-2009
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-242) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Public administration and political ontology -- Public administration and sovereignty -- Representation -- Law -- Administration -- Legitimacy and control -- A politics of the subject.
• Sommario/riassunto: Since the 1960's, hostility and mistrust toward the U.S. government has risen precipitously. At the same time, the field of public administration has wrestled with its own crisis of legitimacy. What is at the root of current antigovernment sentiment? Conventionally, two explanations for this problem persist. Some see it primarily in moral terms, a deficit of Constitutional or democratic values in government. Others emphasize government's performance failures and managerial inefficiency. Thomas J. Catlaw departs from both explanations in this groundbreaking study and
• Titolo autorizzato: Fabricating the people
• ISBN: 0-8173-8018-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910819109803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II