The Competent Public Sphere : Global Political Economy, Dialogue and the Contemporary Workplace /

Suggesting that an expressive ideology has arisen within the workplace public sphere around the theme of 'competence', this book explores the hegemony of global finance and the fetishism of the new economy, exposing the dilemmas of the competence agenda, and illustrating how competence is...

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Main Author:	Roberts, John Michael (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Subjects:	Social Sciences. Business and Management, general. Industrial Organization. International Relations. Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology. Politics of the Welfare State. Sociology of Work. Business. Economics > Sociological aspects. Industrial organization. Industrial sociology. International relations. Management science. Social sciences. Welfare state. Electronic books.
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Summary:	Suggesting that an expressive ideology has arisen within the workplace public sphere around the theme of 'competence', this book explores the hegemony of global finance and the fetishism of the new economy, exposing the dilemmas of the competence agenda, and illustrating how competence is played out in the workplace public sphere.
Item Description:	Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (VI, 204 pages)
ISBN:	9780230244535
DOI:	10.1057/9780230244535