Literature in the Public Service: Sublime Bureaucracy

Sullivan, C.

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

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2013-01-11

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781137287410

DOI: 10.1057/9781137287427

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 218