[PDF] Bureaucracy In Modern Society eBook

Author : Nikos P. Muzelēs
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 30,62 MB
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Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0202367657

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Originally published: Organisation and bureaucracy. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1967.

Author : Claude Lefort
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 24,36 MB
Release : 1986-08-26
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0262620545

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Claude Lefort is one of the leading social and political theorists in France today. This anthology of his most important work published over the last four decades makes his writing widely accessible to an English-speaking audience for the first time. With exceptional skill Lefort combines the analysis of contemporary political events with a sensitivity to the history of political thought. His critical account of the development of bureaucracy and totalitarianism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe is a timely contribution to current debates about the nature and shortcomings of these societies. His incisive analyses of Marx's theory of history and concept of ideology provide the backdrop for a highly original account of the role of symbolism in modern societies. While critical of many traditional assumptions and doctrines, Lefort develops a political position based on a reappraisal of the idea of human rights and a reconsideration of what "democracy" means today. The Political Forms of Modern Society is a major contribution to contemporary social and political theory. The volume includes a substantial introduction that describes the context of Lefort's writings and highlights the central themes of his work.

Author : Nicos P. Mouzelis
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 10,98 MB
Release : 1967
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780415176828

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First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Publisher : Springer
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 48,11 MB
Release : 2015-04-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1137365862

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Weber's Rationalism and Modern Society rediscovers Max Weber for the twenty-first century. Tony and Dagmar Waters' translation of Weber's works highlights his contributions to the social sciences and politics, credited with highlighting concepts such as "iron cage," "bureaucracy," "bureaucratization," "rationalization," "charisma," and the role of the "work ethic" in ordering modern labor markets. Outlining the relationship between community (Gemeinschaft), and market society (Gesellschaft), the issues of social stratification, power, politics, and modernity resonate just as loudly today as they did for Weber during the early twentieth century.

Author : Ralph P. Hummel
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 33,16 MB
Release : 2014-12-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 131745815X

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Everyone has trouble with bureaucracy. Citizens and politicians have trouble controlling the runaway bureaucratic machine. Managers have trouble managing it. Employees dislike working in it. Clients can't get the goods from it. Teachers have difficulty getting a grip on it. Optimists argue that soon all of this will be fixed. The new Fifth Edition of Ralph P. Hummel's classic text maintains just the opposite - that despite all the current rhetoric from proponents of total quality management, corporate reengineering, and the new public management, it's still "business as usual" for bureaucracies. The persistent reality of organizational structure remains resilient in the face of feel-good trends and values. For this edition the book has been thoroughly revised and updated, with two key changes: each of the six core chapters has been trimmed and edited to consolidate and streamline the important organizational theory developments since the book's initial publication; and, each chapter contains newly added critiques of the postmodern theory of modern organizations, pursuing the theme that postmodernism covers up the persistent reality of organizational structure.