01556    a2200253   4500001001100000005001700011008003900028020001800067037003600085040000700121041000800128072001500136072001300151072002100164072002100185072001800206100002100224245009100245250000600336260003200342300001000374520090300384999001501287036771717420250317100416.0250312042021GB                   eng    a9780367717179  bTaylor & FranciscGBP 36.99fBB  a01  aeng7 aJHM2thema7 aJHM2bic7 aSOC0020002bisac7 aSOC0420002bisac7 a302.352bisac1 aMichael Herzfeld10aSocial Production of IndifferencebExploring the Symbolic Roots of Western Bureaucracy  a1  aOxfordbRoutledgec20210331  a220 p  bIn this fascinating book, Michael Herzfeld argues that 'modern' bureaucratically regulated societies are no more 'rational' or less 'symbolic' than the societies traditionally studied by anthropologists. Drawing primarily on the example of modern Greece and utilizing other European materials, he suggests that we cannot understand national bureaucracies divorced from local-level ideas about chance, personal character, social relationships and responsibility. He points out that both formal regulations and day-to-day bureaucratic practices rely heavily on the symbols and language of the moral boundaries between insiders and outsiders; a ready means of expressing prejudice and of justifying neglect. It therefore happens that societies with proud traditions of generous hospitality may paradoxically produce at the official level some of the most calculated indifference one can find anywhere.  c2929d2929