Literature in the Public Service
Sublime Bureaucracy
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Introduction
How can one make state administrative systems interesting, embody an abstract public ethos and give heroism to homogeneity? The discipline of literature and bureaucracy dismisses Weber's 'neurocrat'. Milton, Trollope and Hare are case studies on implementing the 'what if' visions literature explored during a period of great change in public service
Keywords
Case Studies Commonwealth corpus creativity English literature John Milton literature management play reform theatre writing
Bibliographic information
- DOI https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137287427
- Copyright Information Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2013
- Publisher Name Palgrave Macmillan, London
- eBook Packages Palgrave Literature Collection
- Print ISBN 978-1-349-44970-5
- Online ISBN 978-1-137-28742-7
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