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Unmasking Administrative Evil
- Guy B. Adams - University of Missouri, USA
- Danny L. Balfour - Grand Valley State University, USA
Volume:
5
Series:
Rethinking Public Administration
Rethinking Public Administration
240 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
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.
Curtis Ventriss
Foreword
Introduction and Overview
The Dynamics of Evil and Administrative Evil
The Framework of Administrative Evil
Administrative Evil Unmasked
Administrative Evil Masked
Organizational Dynamics and Administrative Evil
Public Policy and Administrative Evil
In the Face of Administrative Evil