Mechanika biurokracji w serialu „The Wire”

• Authors: Mateusz Machaj

Title variants

EN

MECHANISMS OF BUREAUCRACY IN "THE WIRE" SERIES

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The aim of the article is to illustrate policy considerations on bureaus, presented in the TV series The Wire. We plan to show that significant theoretical contributions to the economics of bureaucracy have been well presented by the creators of the show. It could even be stated that this series is the first TV treatise about social institutions, bureaus in particular. The first section describes inherent causes limiting implementations of political plans. The second section focuses on the series’ most significant contribution, that is portraying the hyperparametrization of bureaus. The third section relates methodological individualism to the context of bureaucratic determinism.

Keywords

EN

bureaucracy; The Wire; institutions; policy; public choice school

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wroclawskiego
• Journal: Studia nad Autorytaryzmem i Totalitaryzmem
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 40
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 71-79

Contributors

author

Mateusz Machaj

• Uniwersytet Wrocławski