Side Effects of Bureaucratic Formalism
Some Administrative Aspects of CAP Implementation in Greece
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4446608 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dimitris A Papadopoulos (Agricultural University of Athens, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 287-301 |
| Publication date | 1997-08-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociologia Ruralis (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0199 • E-ISSN: 1467-9523 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-9523.1997.tb00051.x |
| OpenAlex | W2025797643, W4252338565 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 3 |
Bureaucratic formalism is widely sanctioned among Greek administrators as the ultimate means for the ‘protection’ of a public agency from extra‐institutional interferences. This paper aims at challenging this position by drawing on the way certain CAP measures are implemented by a public agency at regional and local level. On the basis of an analysis of the diversified institutional discretion provided to bureaucrats in charge of CAP measures' implementation, it is concluded that in certain, particularly high, discretion administrative areas, bureaucratic formalism cannot actually ‘protect’ the public agency. Moreover it triggers off the mobilization of extra‐institutional social networks surrounding the public agency. In these terms, the particularly high‐discretion administrative areas represent the most ‘administratively sensitive areas’ of its regulatory apparatus
Administrative discretion · Agency (philosophy) · Bureaucracy · Business · Discretion · Formalism (music) · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Contemporary and Historical Greek Studies · Law · Local Government Finance and Decentralization · Public Administration · Public Policy and Administration Research · Regional Development and Policy
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2001 - 2021 (21) |
| Highly cited | No |