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Cambridge Studies in the History and Theory of Politics Ser.: Bentham and Bureaucracy by L. J. Hume (2004, Trade Paperback)
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Most accounts of Jeremy Bentham (1748–1832) deal with him as a prophet of either utilitarianism or of liberal democracy. Title Bentham and Bureaucracy. Format Paperback.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-10052152606X
ISBN-139780521526067
eBay Product ID (ePID)2309348716
Product Key Features
Number of Pages336 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameBentham and Bureaucracy
Publication Year2004
SubjectHistory & Surveys / General, History & Theory, General, Movements / Utilitarianism
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPolitical Science, Philosophy, Business & Economics
AuthorL. J. Hume
SeriesCambridge Studies in the History and Theory of Politics Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight15.8 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition21
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal320.1/092
Table Of ContentPreface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Government in eighteenth-century thought; 3. The foundations of Bentham's thought: the Comment, the Fragment, the Introduction and Of Laws in General; 4. Further explorations in jurisprudence; 5. From principles to practice: the Panopticon and its companions; 6. From the Panopticon to the Constitutional Code; 7. The Constitutional Code and Bentham's theory of government; 8. Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
SynopsisMost accounts of Jeremy Bentham (1748 1832) deal with him as a prophet of either utilitarianism or of liberal democracy. This book discusses a less familiar but very important aspect of his political thought: his theory of how government institutions should be organised in order to function as efficient and yet responsive guardians of the community's interests. It thus focuses on his programme for he executive and judicial branches of government rather than for the legislature and the electorate. Dr Hume suggests that eighteenth-century political thought was richer in ideas about government that has usually been allowed, but that Bentham's special qualities of mind enabled him to widen and deepen those ideas much further than his contemporaries could have foreseen.", Most accounts of Bentham treat him as a prophet of either utilitarianism or of liberal democracy. This book discusses a less familiar but very important aspect of his political thought: his theory of how government institutions should be organised in order to function as efficient and yet responsive guardians of the community's interests., Most accounts of Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) deal with him as a prophet of either utilitarianism or of liberal democracy. This book discusses a less familiar but very important aspect of his political thought: his theory of how government institutions should be organised in order to function as efficient and yet responsive guardians of the community's interests. It thus focuses on his programme for he executive and judicial branches of government rather than for the legislature and the electorate. Dr Hume suggests that eighteenth-century political thought was richer in ideas about government that has usually been allowed, but that Bentham's special qualities of mind enabled him to widen and deepen those ideas much further than his contemporaries could have foreseen.
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