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Organization studies have consistently drawn from literature and film as tools to understand, explain, and analyze organizational phenomena. With that goal in mind, this article illustrates how Yojimbo, a movie by Akira Kurosawa, provides a critical representation of work and organizations as a context for how micro emancipation might be undertaken in contemporary organizational settings. The argument revolves around the claim that contractors might become the newest frontier in the study of both micro emancipation and organizational misconduct. Reinforcing this claim, the article draws heavily from the film Yojimbo and later supplements the argument with a case study focusing on Edward Snowden. This article sets the tone for an emergent area of discussion about contemporary micro emancipation across sectors.

Evolution and evolutionary theories in the social sciences in general, and applied fields in particular, are often grounded in the discredited (in biology) Lamarckian conceptualization. Lamarckian ideas of progress, with their associated teleology and totalizing influences, tend not to be useful for public administration. This article proposes that public administration instead consider an alternative image of evolution that enables the practical use of evolutionary theories, enabling them to better understand the nature of wicked problems in both theory and practice.

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Part I The Frame -- 1 A Question of Experience: Jaspers and Key Concepts -- 2 A Matter of Agency -- 3 A Matter of Power -- 4 The Sandbox -- Part II Archetypes: The Powerless -- 5 Infantilization -- 6 Alienation -- 7 Resistance -- 8 Asceticism -- Part III Archetypes: The Powerful -- 9 Domination -- 10 Radicals -- 11 Statesmanship -- 12 Maieutics -- Part IV Implications and Limits -- 13 Toward an Existential Understanding of Administration -- Index.