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https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/8264| Title: | Une révolution bureaucratique britannique? Autonomie sans contrôle ou « freer markets, more rules » | English Title: | A British Bureaucratic Revolution? Autonomy Without Control, or "Freer Markets, More Rules" | Contributor(s): | Le Gales, Patrick (author); Scott, Alan (author) |
Publication Date: | 2008 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/8264 | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Revue Francaise de Sociologie, 49(2), p. 301-330 | Publisher: | Ophrys | Place of Publication: | France | ISSN: | 1958-5691 0035-2969 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 160599 Policy and Administration not elsewhere classified 160805 Social Change 160806 Social Theory |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 940299 Government and Politics not elsewhere classified 940204 Public Services Policy Advice and Analysis 940203 Political Systems |
Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal | Publisher/associated links: | http://www.cairn.info/resume.php?ID_ARTICLE=RFS_492_0301 | English Abstract: | This article originated with a puzzle: how best to account for changes in the behavior of groups, organizations and individuals in Great Britain? A detailed analysis of what Weber and Polanyi identified as interdependencies between state and market, and of the state's role in creating the market, led to the decision to adapt the notion of bureaucratic revolution put forward by Weber. We argue that the British bureaucratic revolution is reflected in the fact that the state plays an essential role in social change by creating rules and institutions that lastingly orient actors' behavior. The examples of health and local authorities are then used to identify mechanisms that were influential throughout a ten-year period; specifically the introduction of competition features (rewards and punishments) and of auditing and inspection. If our interpretation is accurate, the effects of this bureaucratic revolution may well come to be felt in contexts other than Great Britain. |
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