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Revenge of the Humdrum: Bureaucracy as Profession and as a Site of Science

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: Bureaucracy, so often demeaned, should be understood as an embodied means for the production and deployment of knowledge. Its reputation as humdrum and rule-bound is not necessarily undeserved, yet it makes possible a variety of activities on a scale that would otherwise be out of reach. Here we survey and ponder some of its diverse forms as they have adapted to diverse aims and circumstances evolved over several centuries.

Source: Journal for the History of Knowledge

DOI: 10.5334/jhk.20

Author: Theodore Porter

Institution: University of California, Los Angeles

Language: English

Topic: Historical and Political Studies

Subfield: Political Science and International Relations

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W3111994993

FWCI: 4.337

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Cited by: 8

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