The Government Machine
A Revolutionary History of the Computer (History of Computing)
by Jon Agar
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"In The Government Machine Jon Agar traces the mechanization of government work in the United Kingdom from the nineteenth to the early twenty-first century. He argues that this transformation has been tied to the rise of "expert movements," groups whose authority has rested on their expertise. The deployment of machines was an attempt to gain control over state action - a revolutionary move.
Agar shows how mechanization followed the popular depiction of government as machine-like, with British civil servants cast as components of a general-purpose "government machine"; indeed, he argues that today's general-purpose computer is the apotheosis of the civil servant."--Jacket.
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Data processing, Civil service, Government policy, Effect of technological innovations on, Public administration, Computers, History, Civil service, great britain, Ordinateurs, Politique gouvernementale, Histoire, Administration publique, Informatique, Fonction publique, Effets des innovations sur le Personnel, Datenverarbeitung, Geschichte, Politik, Verwaltung, Overheidsinstellingen, Organisatieverandering, Arbeid, Großbritannien Government, Großbritannien| Edition | Availability |
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Government Machine: A Revolutionary History of the Computer
2016, MIT Press
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The Government Machine: A Revolutionary History of the Computer (History of Computing)
October 1, 2003, The MIT Press
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Government Machine: A Revolutionary History of the Computer
2003, MIT Press
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Government Machine: A Revolutionary History of the Computer
2003, MIT Press
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Government Machine: A Revolutionary History of the Computer
2003, MIT Press
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