State Work: Public Administration and Mass Intellectuality - Couverture souple

Harney, Stefano

 
9780822328957: State Work: Public Administration and Mass Intellectuality
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 082232895X ISBN 13 : 9780822328957
Editeur : Duke University Press, 2002

Synopsis

An innovative contribution to political theory, State Work examines the labor of government workers in North America. Arguing that this work needs to be theorized precisely because it is vital to the creation and persistence of the state, Stefano Harney draws on thinking from public administration and organizational sociology, as well as poststructuralist theory and performance studies, to launch a cultural studies of the state. Countering conceptions of the government and its employees as remote and inflexible, Harney uses the theory of mass intellectuality developed by Italian worker-theorists to illuminate the potential for genuine political progress inherent within state work.
State Work begins with an ethnographic account of Harney's work as a midlevel manager within an Ontario government initiative charged with leading the province's efforts to combat racism. Through readings of material such as The X-Files and Law & Order, Harney then reviews how popular images of the state and government labor are formed within American culture and how these ideas shape everyday life. He highlights the mutually dependent roles played in state work by the citizenry and civil servants. Using as case studies Al Gore's National Partnership for Reinventing Government and a community-policing project in New York City, Harney also critiques public management literature and performance measurement theories. He concludes his study with a look at the motivations of state workers.

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À propos de l?auteur

Stefano Harney is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the City University of New York, College of Staten Island.

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Éditeur
Duke University Press
Date d'édition
2002
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
082232895X
ISBN 13 
9780822328957
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
240
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  0822328801 ISBN 13 :  9780822328803
Editeur : Duke University Press, 2002
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