The bureaucrat and the poor : encounters in French welfare offices /
Vincent Dubois ; Translated from French by Jean-Yves Bart.
- Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2010.
- xxi, 206 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-199) and indexes.
The public -- Organising face-to-face encounters -- An unequal relationship -- Administrative exchanges, normative exchanges -- The post and the role of the agent -- On becoming an agent -- The agents as individuals -- Facing misery -- Managing social inequality -- The agent`s separate identities -- Flaws in the system -- Putting up with the institution -- The return of the repressed individual -- Adapting the institution.