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The new bureaucracy : quality assurance and its critics /

This collection adds weight to an emerging argument that suggests that policies in place to make cities better places are inextricably linked to an attempt to civilize, pacify and regulate crime and disorder in urban areas, contributing to a vision of an urban renaissance which is perhaps as much ab...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Travers, Max
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol : Policy, 2007.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; THE NEW BUREAUCRACY; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Quality assurance as a new occupation; 3. Professionals and quality; 4. Audit and inspection; 5. Organisations and accountability; 6. The problem of red tape; 7. Critical responses; 8. Conclusion: learning to live with regulation; References; Index.