This book examines the links between major contemporary public sector reforms and neoliberal thinking. The key contribution is to enhance our understanding of contemporary neoliberalism as it plays out in public administration and to provide a critical analysis of generally overlooked aspects of administrative power. It examines the quest for accountability, credibility and evidence in the public sector and asks whether this quest may be understood in terms of neoliberal thinking and, if so, how?
Triantafillou argues that while current administrative reforms are informed by...
This book examines the links between major contemporary public sector reforms and neoliberal thinking. The key contribution is to enhance our under...
Is parents' power over their children legitimate? And what role does theoretical analysis play when we make such normative evaluations? While this book adds to the growing literature on parents, children, families, and the state, it does so by focusing on one issue, the legitimacy of parents' power. It also takes seriously the challenge posed by moral pluralism, and considers the role of both theoretical rationality and practical judgement in resolving moral dilemmas associated with parental power. The primary intended market for this book is advanced undergraduate and postgraduate...
Is parents' power over their children legitimate? And what role does theoretical analysis play when we make such normative evaluations? While this boo...