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The ethics of dissent: managing Guerrilla government

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Public affairs and policy administration seriesPublication details: Sage Publication 2019 LondonEdition: 3rdDescription: xvi, 200 p. Includes bibliographical references and indexISBN:
  • 9781506346359
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 353.46 O5E8
Summary: From “constructive contributors”" to “deviant destroyers,” government guerrillas work clandestinely against the best wishes of their superiors. These public servants are dissatisfied with the actions of the organizations for which they work, but often choose not to go public with their concerns. In her Third Edition of The Ethics of Dissent, Rosemary O’Leary shows that the majority of guerrilla government cases are the manifestation of inevitable tensions between bureaucracy and democracy, which yield immense ethical and organizational challenges that all public managers must learn to navigate. https://in.sagepub.com/en-in/sas/the-ethics-of-dissent/book252353
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Table of Content

Chapter 1 Guerrilla What?

Chapter 2 Guerrilla Government and the Nevada Wetlands

Chapter 3 Guerrilla Government in the EPA’s Seattle Regional Office

Chapter 4 A Government Guerrilla Sues His Own Agency: Off-Road Vehicles in the Hoosier National Forest

Chapter 5 WikiLeaks and Guerrilla Government: The Case of Private Manning

Chapter 6 Edward Snowden and the National Security Agency: The World’s Largest Security Breach

Chapter 7 Managing Guerrilla Government: Ethical Crusaders or Insubordinate Renegades?

Conclusion

References

Index

From “constructive contributors”" to “deviant destroyers,” government guerrillas work clandestinely against the best wishes of their superiors. These public servants are dissatisfied with the actions of the organizations for which they work, but often choose not to go public with their concerns. In her Third Edition of The Ethics of Dissent, Rosemary O’Leary shows that the majority of guerrilla government cases are the manifestation of inevitable tensions between bureaucracy and democracy, which yield immense ethical and organizational challenges that all public managers must learn to navigate.

https://in.sagepub.com/en-in/sas/the-ethics-of-dissent/book252353

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