1st Edition

Morality and Expediency The Folklore of Academic Politics

Edited By F.G. Bailey Copyright 1977
240 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

237 Pages
by Routledge

This book is about micro-politics: that kind of manoevre to control or avoid being controlled, to claim friendship or proclaim enmity, which takes place between people who know one another, and who must temper and adjust their actions towards one another because they share other activities. They are members of the one community and of the same organization, and this not only moderates their... Read more
Introduction; One: Myth, Reality, and Politics; Two: Community and Organization; Three: Outsiders; Four: Committees 1; Five: Arenas and Enmities; Six: Masks; Seven: The Unexpected; Eight: Privacy, Community, Order and Change

Biography

F.G. Bailey