The competent public sphere : global political economy, dialogue, and the contemporary workplace /

The competent public sphere : global political economy, dialogue, and the contemporary workplace /

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Author / Creator:	Roberts, John M. (John Michael)
Imprint:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Description:	vi, 204 p. ; 22 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Communities. Common good. Work environment. Performance. Common good. Communities. Performance. Work environment.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7980535

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Varying Form of Title:	Global political economy, dialogue, and the contemporary workplace
ISBN:	9780230008731 (alk. paper) 0230008739 (alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 180-200) and index.
Summary:	"Drawing on Marxism and engaging with theorists such as Mikhail Bakhtin, Gilles Deleuze, and Slavoj Zizek, John Michael Roberts argues that a new expressive ideology has coalesced within the contemporary workplace around the theme of 'competence'. The 'competence' agenda encourages management and workers to build networks of trust, cooperation and dialogue between one another. By examining the competent public sphere as it appears in the global economy, the author takes to task the competence agenda, relates this agenda to the hegemony of global finance and to the fetishism of the new economy, exposes the dilemmas and contradictions of the competence agenda, and through everyday examples from the UK and USA illustrates how competence is played out and resisted in the contemporary workplace. This book provides a fascinating critical account of how the way we work today is debated and discussed by management and workers." -- Book cover.

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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.
Physical Description:	vi, 204 p. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 180-200) and index.
ISBN:	9780230008731 0230008739