Language, Bureaucracy and Social Control

Download or read book Language, Bureaucracy and Social Control written by Srikant Sarangi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-14 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Language, Bureaucracy and Social Control explores the varying inter-relationships between language, forms of bureaucratic organisation and social control. The text provides a detailed examination of the discursive dimensions of some of the key techniques of modern power: the 'productive' surveillance practices of administrative and public service institutions. Special attention is paid to recent developments within the state domain and the private economy such as the introduction of consumerism and promotional practices in welfare institutions, and the spread of bureaucratisation in contexts such as banking and education.