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This collection of essays represents a comprehensive socio-political analysis of public and private bureaucracy, emphasizing its dangerous ramifications for democracy and individualism.

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This collection of essays represents a comprehensive socio-political analysis of public and private bureaucracy, emphasizing its dangerous ramifications for democracy and individualism. The contributors analyze a variety of bureaucratic systems, providing a combination of theory, case studies, and proposed solutions, in an effort to enable the reader to confront the real problems of bureaucracy. Emphasis is on programs and principles directed to the maintenance of democracy and freedom within the limits and conditions of modernity. Bureaucracy Against Democracy and Socialism offers valuable implications for anyone interested in organizational theory and behavior.

Author Biography

RONALD M. GLASSMAN is Associate Professor of Sociology at William Paterson College.WILLIAM H. SWATOS JR. is Professor of Sociology at Northern Illinois University at DeKalb.PAUL L. ROSEN teaches Political Science at Carleton University Ottawa, Canada.

Table of Contents

Introduction by Ronald M. Glassman, William H. Swatos, Jr., and Paul L. RosenPart I: The ProblemFrom Government over Persons to the Administration of Things: Marx and Engels on Bureaucracy by Wolfgang SchluchterMax Weber and the Possibilities for Socialism by Ernest KilkerMax Weber and the Crisis of Liberal Democracy by Wolfgang J. MommsenConflicts Between Legal and Bureaucratic Systems of Authority by Ronald M. GlassmanPart II: Authoritarian Tendencies in Modern BureaucraciesSocial Rights in the Welfare State: The Contrast Between Adjudication and Administration in the United States by Kathi V. FriedmanThe Patient at Peril: Hospital Bureaucracy and Medical Records by Paul L. RosenThe Moral Ethos of Bureaucracy by Robert JackallBureaucracy and Civil Liberties: The FBI Story by Kenneth O'ReillyBureaucracy and Rationalization in the Soviet Police by William M. JonesPart III: Some Proposed Solutions in Service to DemocracyPower versus Liberty in the Welfare State: A Bill of Rights for Social Service Beneficiaries by Ira Glasser"Constitutionalizing" Corporations: An Employee Bill of Rights by Ralph Nader, Mark Green, and Joel SeligmanIndustrial Democracy in the Era of the Corporate Leviathan by Robert DahlThe Need for a Legislative Ombudsman by Donald C. RowatQuality Circles: Implications for American management by Lisa K. ArmourEpilogue: Bureaucracy and Its Discontents by William H. Swatos, Jr.NotesBibliographyIndexAbout the Contributors

Review

?This is a marvelous collection of fourteen essays brilliantly organized around an introduction by all three editors and epilogue by Swatos. The problem of bureaucracy is its built-in tendencies to supplant democracy. The editors demonstrate Max Weber's considerable concern about this. Weber argued that socialism would not fare better than capitalism in tempering bureaucracy's antidemocratic characteristics. . . . This significant and timely collection will be appreciated by graduate students, academics, enlightenable bureaucrats, and defenders of democracy. It is clearly written, high-level scholarship, with extensive notes and bibliography to direct the reader back to Weber and forward to current supporting literature.?-Contemporary Sociology"This is a marvelous collection of fourteen essays brilliantly organized around an introduction by all three editors and epilogue by Swatos. The problem of bureaucracy is its built-in tendencies to supplant democracy. The editors demonstrate Max Weber's considerable concern about this. Weber argued that socialism would not fare better than capitalism in tempering bureaucracy's antidemocratic characteristics. . . . This significant and timely collection will be appreciated by graduate students, academics, enlightenable bureaucrats, and defenders of democracy. It is clearly written, high-level scholarship, with extensive notes and bibliography to direct the reader back to Weber and forward to current supporting literature."-Contemporary Sociology

Long Description

This collection of essays represents a comprehensive socio-political analysis of public and private bureaucracy, emphasizing its dangerous ramifications for democracy and individualism. The contributors analyze a variety of bureaucratic systems, providing a combination of theory, case studies, and proposed solutions, in an effort to enable the reader to confront the real problems of bureaucracy. Emphasis is on programs and principles directed to the maintenance of democracy and freedom within the limits and conditions of modernity. Bureaucracy Against Democracy and Socialism offers valuable implications for anyone interested in organizational theory and behavior.

Review Quote

"This is a marvelous collection of fourteen essays brilliantly organized around an introduction by all three editors and epilogue by Swatos. The problem of bureaucracy is its built-in tendencies to supplant democracy. The editors demonstrate Max Weber's considerable concern about this. Weber argued that socialism would not fare better than capitalism in tempering bureaucracy's antidemocratic characteristics. . . . This significant and timely collection will be appreciated by graduate students, academics, enlightenable bureaucrats, and defenders of democracy. It is clearly written, high-level scholarship, with extensive notes and bibliography to direct the reader back to Weber and forward to current supporting literature." Contemporary Sociology

Details ISBN0313254540 Short Title BUREAUCRACY AGAINST DEMOCRACY Pages 242 Series Contributions in Legal Studies Language English ISBN-10 0313254540 ISBN-13 9780313254543 Media Book Format Hardcover DEWEY 350.001 Series Number 65 Year 1987 Country of Publication United States Edited by William H. Swatos Place of Publication Westport Illustrations black & white illustrations Imprint Praeger Publishers Inc DOI 10.1604/9780313254543 UK Release Date 1987-09-18 AU Release Date 1987-09-18 NZ Release Date 1987-09-18 US Release Date 1987-09-18 Author James Daniel Fisher Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Publication Date 1987-09-18 Audience Undergraduate Audience Age 7-17 We've got this

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