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Page 46
... bureaucratic institu- tions.30 These specialists form professions which exercise a unique kind of control over their own work.31 Unlike unions , these professions owe their autonomy to a grant of confidence rather than to victory in a ...
... bureaucratic institu- tions.30 These specialists form professions which exercise a unique kind of control over their own work.31 Unlike unions , these professions owe their autonomy to a grant of confidence rather than to victory in a ...
Page 99
... bureaucratic apparatus is forced into action in pursuit of a goal for which , by its very nature , it cannot be organized . Under such circumstances , the institution's make - believe functions will take the upper hand . This must ...
... bureaucratic apparatus is forced into action in pursuit of a goal for which , by its very nature , it cannot be organized . Under such circumstances , the institution's make - believe functions will take the upper hand . This must ...
Page 100
... bureaucratic term " policy " constitutes the supreme attack on language and reason . 196 He who successfully claims power in an emergency suspends and can destroy rational evaluation . The insistence of the physician on his exclusive ...
... bureaucratic term " policy " constitutes the supreme attack on language and reason . 196 He who successfully claims power in an emergency suspends and can destroy rational evaluation . The insistence of the physician on his exclusive ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
The Medicalization of Life | 39 |
Specific Counterproductivity | 211 |
Copyright | |
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