Officious: Rise of the Busybody State - Couverture souple

Appleton, Josie

 
9781785354205: Officious: Rise of the Busybody State
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1785354205 ISBN 13 : 9781785354205
Editeur : John Hunt Publishing, 2016

Synopsis

In Anglo-Saxon countries there is a new and distinctive form of state: the busybody state. This state is defined by an attachment to bureaucratic proceedures for their own sake: the rule for the sake of a rule; the form for the sake of a form. Its insignias are the badge, the policy, the code and the proceedure. The logic of the regulation is neither to represent an elite class interest, nor to serve the public, nor even to organise social relations with the greatest efficiency as with classic bureaucracy, but rather to represent regulation itself. This book analyses the logic of the busybody state, explains its origins, and calls for a popular alliance defending the free realm of civil society.

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À propos de l?auteur

Josie Appleton is director of the Manifesto Club (www.manifestoclub.com), which campaigns for freedom in everyday life, and is the author of dozens of reports about contemporary civil liberties. She studied sociology and politics at the University of Oxford (undergraduate) and the University of London (graduate). She worked as a journalist and editor for five years.

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Éditeur
John Hunt Publishing
Date d'édition
2016
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1785354205
ISBN 13 
9781785354205
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
136
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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