Fabricating the People: Politics and Administration in the Biopolitical State

by Thomas Catlaw and Professor Thomas J. Catlaw

Book Overview

Since the 1960s, 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817358153
• ISBN13: 9780817358150
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"