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Bureaucracy as a Vocation: Governmentality and administration in nineteenth‐century Britain
Author(s) -
OSBORNE THOMAS
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of historical sociology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.186
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1467-6443
pISSN - 0952-1909
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-6443.1994.tb00067.x
Subject(s) - governmentality , bureaucracy , government (linguistics) , administration (probate law) , context (archaeology) , persona , public administration , sociology , civil service , political science , service (business) , law , public service , history , economy , humanities , politics , philosophy , economics , linguistics , archaeology
This paper focuses upon ethical conduct and liberal mentalities of government in the context of the historical sociology of administrative expertise in nineteenth century Britain. After a brief consideration of theories of moral regulation, the paper pursues, by way of a discussion of the government of India and of the famous Northcote‐Trevelyan Report on the Civil Service, the issue of the establishment of an appropriate bureaucratic persona in the nineteenth century.