The Populist Front in Rural Development
Or Shall We Eliminate the Bureaucrats and Get on with the Job
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 6358560 |
|---|---|
| Autores | John D Montgomery (autor de correspondencia) |
| Año | 1979 |
| Volumen | 39 |
| Número | 1 |
| Páginas | 58-58 |
| Fecha de publicación | 1979-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Public Administration Review (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0033-3352 • E-ISSN: 1540-6210 |
| Editorial | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3110380 |
| OpenAlex | W2324079727 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 5 |
Distrust of the bureaucracy as an instrument of progress is nothing new. But it is flourishing with extraordinary vigor in this era when little else is taken for granted. Waves of suspicion now pervade the American domestic scene; and on the international front both the World Bank and the UN specialized agencies are now encountering the same skepticism that has already overtaken the once-exuberant U.S. foreign aid program. There is a fashionable turn in the old populism that rejects, in the United States and abroad, technicians and administrators, along with politicians and judges. The current populism began on the international scene after social reforms initiated by planning agencies and aid donors, and entrusted to technicians and administrators, simply failed to materialize. High expectations of the 1960s were frustrated both in Latin America and Southeast Asia as the results of their development and reform activities were examined and appraised. Technocratic approaches to a better quality of life, relying on guided democracy and planned social change, are now pejorative terms. The experiments in political modernization and administrative reform that flourished during the past fifteen years have produced political hypertension and administrative disillusionment. The public has begun to reject centralized authority whether located in national capitals or in city halls. One solution is the current effort to seek more effective and thorough-going means of involving citizens in decisions made and actions carried out in their name. International banks and foreign aid agencies are attempting to export demand politics and popular participation along with capital and technology. It would seem that the only good bureaucrats are those charged with the task of disarming, or at least unmasking, other bureaucrats
Business · Front (military · Geography · Political science · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Education Systems and Policy · Public Administration
| Citas por año | 0,11 |
|---|---|
| Intervalo de citas | 1981 - 2024 (44) |
| Altamente citado | No |