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State Work

Public Administration and Mass Intellectuality

Autor: Stefano Harney

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Editura: Duke University Press

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An innovative contribution to political theory, "State Work" examines the labor of government worker...

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Autor

Stefano Harney

Limbă

engleză

Legare

Carte - Copertă tare

Publicat

2002

Pagini

240

EAN

9780822328803

ISBN

0822328801

Enbook ID

04937584

Editura

Duke University Press

Greutate

567

Dimensiuni

154 x 228 x 24

Descriere completă

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 and 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. "State Work" will appeal to scholars in cultural studies, public administration, organizational sociology, political theory, and public policy.