Surveillance, Power and Modernity Bureaucracy and Discipline from 1700 to the Present Day

As a result of the writings of Foucault, surveillance has come to be seen as a phenomenon of major importance in modern societies. But there are few, if any, studies which relate the concept of surveillance to that of bureaucracy, thus connecting Foucault to Max Weber. Dandeker's text breaks new ground in re-examining the framework of Weber's analysis of bureaucracy in the light of problems of surveillance. The author also provides a critique of a variety of other theories of the significance of bureaucracy in the modern world. The core of the book is concerned to offer a detailed analysis of the use of bureaucratic surveillance in the state and the economy. The author gives particular attention to the role of warfare in the expansion of surveillance. The text brings together problems that ordinarily are treated in substantial separation from one another, including analyses of staff and line in organization theory, military service and the formation of prisons and asylums.

ISBN:	9780745613420
Publisher:	Polity Press
Imprint:	Polity Press
Published date:	13 Jun 1994
DEWEY:	302.35
DEWEY edition:	20
Language:	English
Number of pages:	243
Weight:	384g
Height:	229mm
Width:	154mm
Spine width:	15mm

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