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Fabricating the people : politics and administration in the biopolitical state /
Since the 1960s, hostility and mistrust toward the U.S. government has risen precipitously. At the same time, the field of public administration has wrestled with its own crisis of legitimacy. What is at the root of current antigovernment sentiment? Conventionally, two explanations for this problem...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Tuscaloosa :
University of Alabama Press,
©2007.
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| Collection: | Public administration: criticism & creativity Fabricating the people
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | Since the 1960s, hostility and mistrust toward the U.S. government has risen precipitously. At the same time, the field of public administration has wrestled with its own crisis of legitimacy. What is at the root of current antigovernment sentiment? Conventionally, two explanations for this problem persist. Some see it primarily in moral terms, a deficit of Constitutional or democratic values in government. Others emphasize government's performance failures and managerial inefficiency. |
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| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (xi, 258 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-242) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780817380182 0817380183 |