Bentham and Bureaucracy

by L.J. Hume

Book Overview

Most accounts of Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) deal with him as a prophet of either utilitarianism or of liberal democracy. This book discusses a less familiar but very important aspect of his political thought: his theory of how government institutions should be organised in order to function as efficient and yet responsive guardians of the community's interests. It thus focuses on his programme for he executive and judicial branches of government rather...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052152606X
• ISBN13: 9780521526067
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"