This work re-examines the framework of Max Weber's analysis of bureaucracy in the light of problems of surveillance. The author also provides a critique of various other theories on the significance of bureaucracy in the modern world. The core of the book analyses the use of bureaucratic surveillance in the state and the economy. The author gives particular attention to the role of warfare in the expansion of surveillance. Overall, the text aims to bring together problems that are usually treated in substantial separation from one another, including analyses of staff and line in organization...

It is an honor for us to introduce this collection of essays, which is dedicated to an old friend and colleague who is no longer with us. It is an honor, but also a pleasure because we feel like continuing a dialogue with Jurgen; one that has never broken down over the years, revisiting and recalling the diff- ent places and occasions where we met, discussed, collaborated and had fun. We, that is, Giuseppe Caforio, Christopher Dandeker and Gerhard Kummel who have been friends and/or colleagues of and research collaborators with Jurgen and who represent three prominent institutions and...