Literature in the Public Service: Sublime Bureaucracy

by Ceri Sullivan

Book Overview

How can one make state administrative systems interesting, embody an abstract public ethos and give heroism to homogeneity? The discipline of literature and bureaucracy dismisses Weber's 'neurocrat'. Milton, Trollope and Hare are case studies on implementing the 'what if' visions literature explored during a period of great change in public service

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349449709
• ISBN13: 9781349449705
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"