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Officious: Rise of the Busybody State
Josie Appleton
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Paperback. Anatomy of the new breed of state regulation colonising everyday life. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 166.
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 procedures 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 procedure. 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 ... Read more
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 procedures 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 procedure. 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
166g
Number of Pages
136
Place of Publication
Ropley, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785354205
SKU
V9781785354205
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Ref
99-27
About Josie Appleton
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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