Unmasking Administrative Evil

Unmasking Administrative Evil
ISBN-10
076190669X
ISBN-13
9780761906698
Series
Unmasking Administrative Evil
Category
Political Science
Pages
207
Language
English
Published
1998-05-05
Publisher
SAGE
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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