Unmasking Administrative Evil

Unmasking Administrative Evil
ISBN-10
1452263191
ISBN-13
9781452263199
Series
Unmasking Administrative Evil
Category
Political Science
Pages
240
Language
English
Published
1998-05-05
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Authors
Guy B. Adams, Danny L. Balfour

Description

Although social scientists generally do not discuss "evil" in an academic setting, there is no denying that it has existed in public administration throughout human history. Hundreds of millions of human beings have died as a direct or indirect consequence of state-sponsored violence. The authors argue that administrative evil, or destructiveness, is part of the identity of all modern public administration (as it is part of psychoanalytic study at the individual level). It goes beyond a superficial critique of public administration and lays the groundwork for a more effective and humane profession.

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