The Cult of Efficiency

The Cult of Efficiency
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Publisher : House of Anansi
Total Pages : 325
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ISBN-10 : 9780887846786
ISBN-13 : 0887846785
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Book Synopsis The Cult of Efficiency by : Janice Gross Stein

Download or read book The Cult of Efficiency written by Janice Gross Stein and published by House of Anansi. This book was released on 2002 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This thought-provoking discourse on the unquestioned pursuit of efficiency reveals how the discussion of efficiency in the delivery of public goods, such as education and health care, has risen to prominence in postindustrial society. Stein's provocative argument, reminiscent of the thinking of Lewis Mumford, demonstrates that efficiency can too often be a cloak for political agendas, and that pressure for efficiency can actually be a detrimental rather than a positive force. Citizens in public schools, community clinics, and hospitals are shown engaging directly with such agendas, redrawing the face of the state as they impose new ways of delivering public goods. Stein demonstrates how they are calling not only for efficiency but for accountability and choice as they confront the dilemmas of democratic processes in a global age."


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