The absurdity of bureaucracy
How implementation works
Nina Holm Vohnsen. Series edited by Professor Rod Rhodes
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Nina Holm Vohnsen is Lecturer in Anthropology at Aarhus University
Manchester University Press
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- Publisher Manchester University Press
- Publication Date May 2017
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9781526101341 / 1526101343
- Publication Country or regionUnited Kingdom
- FormatHardback
- Primary Price 70 GBP
- Pages232
- ReadershipCollege/Tertiary Education
- Publish StatusPublished
- Dimensions234 x 156 mm
- Biblio NotesReading guide Prologue: Labour days Introduction: The absurdity of bureaucracy Central people, documents, and organisations Chapter I: Anticipations Portrait 1: 'Making a difference' Portrait 2: The prefect plan Analysis: A container of discrete agendas Chapter II: Mutations Portrait 3: The trial mutates Portrait 4: Satisfying needs Analysis: Vectors of concern Chapter III: Multiplications Portrait 5: The purpose multiplies Portrait 6: The productivity of controversy Analysis: Absurdity is a perspective that appreciates the sum-total Chapter IV: The quest for meaning Portrait 7: 'Bending' the rules and agreements Portrait 8: The end of meaning Analysis: They rebel, they do not resist Chapter V: How implementation works Epilogue: Bureaucracy Acknowledgements Appendix: Data, position, method Bibliography
- SeriesPolitical and Administrative Ethnography