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100 1 $aStein, Janice Gross.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80034004
245 14 $aThe cult of efficiency /$cJanice Gross Stein.
250 $aRev. ed.
260 $aToronto :$bAnansi,$c2002.
300 $axvi, 307 pages ;$c21 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aThe Massey lectures series
500 $aIncludes index.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references: p. [285]-301.
505 00 $gI.$tThe Cult of Efficiency -- $gII.$tEfficiency and Accountability in the Post-industrial Age -- $gIII.$tEfficiency and Choice: Public Education and Health Care -- $gIV.$tMeasuring Up: Constructing Accountability -- $gV.$tThe Culture of Choice -- $gVI.$tSecurity in the Post-industrial Age.
520 1 $a"The Cult of Efficiency investigates our most fundamental concerns in an era where waste is a sin but the public trust remains sacred. Janice Gross Stein reveals how the discussion of efficiency in the delivery of public goods, such as education and health care, has risen to prominence in post-industrial society. She shows that when it becomes an end rather than a means, a value often more important than other values, and when we no longer ask the questions, "efficient at what?" or "for whom?" efficiency becomes a cult." "Stein demonstrates that efficiency is often a cloak for political agendas. In public schools, community clinics, and hospitals, she witnesses citizens engaging directly with the arguments of our times, redrawing the face of the state as it explores new ways of delivering public goods. They are calling not only for efficiency but for accountability and choice as they confront the dilemmas of democratic processes in a global age. By delivering this powerful message, The Cult of Efficiency does nothing less than set a new public agenda for citizens and their leaders alike."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aPolitical obligation.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86006627
650 0 $aPolitical participation.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85104370
650 0 $aGovernment productivity.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056092
650 0 $aEducational accountability.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85041104
650 0 $aPublic health administration.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85108653
650 0 $aResponsibility.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85113235
650 6 $aObligation politique.
650 6 $aParticipation politique.
650 6 $aResponsabilité du rendement (Éducation)
650 6 $aSanté publique$xAdministration.
650 6 $aResponsabilité.
830 0 $aMassey lectures series.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n95020605
852 00 $bleh$hJC329.5$i.S74 2002