Responsible public bureaucracy

The longstanding concern of scholars and practitioners for the re conciliation of administrative power and administrative responsibility has become more acute in recent years. Both the conventional theory and the existing practice relating to administrative responsibility are inadequate for the needs of contemporary public bureaucracies. A distinction between objective and subjective responsibility provides a focus on the sources of administrative responsibility and on the values of public servants. In this essay, these two elements are examined separately by means of an institutional framework and a value framework for administrative decision‐making. Then the theoretical bonds between the two frameworks are demonstrated with reference to administrative responsibility. The links between the concepts of administrative responsibility and the public interest serve as a base for a description of two hypothetically extreme types of bureaucrat — the objectively responsible and the subjectively responsible official. A number of hypotheses relating to administrative responsibility are formulated and the conclusion is drawn that subjective responsibility is becoming increasingly important for the achievement of responsible public bureaucracy. Sommaire. Le désir de longue date des théoriciens et des praticiens de réconcilier pouvoir administratif et responsabilité administrative s'est intensifié au cours des dernières années. La théone classique et la pratique existante de la responsabilité administrative sont insuffisantes pour répondre aux besoins des bureaucraties publiques contemporaines. En faisant une distinction entre la responsabilité objective et la responsabilité subjective, on peut dégager les sources de la responsabilité administrative et les valeurs des fonctionnaires. Dam cette étude, l'auteur examine séparément ces deux éléments à l'aide d'un cadre d'analyse institutionnel et normatif de la prise de décision en administration. Il démontre ensuite les rapports théoriques entre ces deux cadres d'analyse en ce qui concerne la responsabilité administrative. Les liens entre les concepts de responsabilité administrative et d'intérêt public servent de base à la description de deux types hypothétiques extrêmes de bureaucrats:le fonctionnaire responsable objectivement et le fonctionnaire responsable subjectivement. L'auteur formule un certain nombre d'hypothèses sur la responsabilité administrative et terrnine en disant que la responsabilité subjective devient de plus en plus importante pour parvenir à une bureaucratie publique responsable

Bureaucracy · Economics · Political science · Politics · Welfare economics · Law · Ombudsman and Human Rights · Public Administration

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