Politics and Administration
A Trichotomy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6264348 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Barbara Wake Carroll (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 345-366 |
| Publication date | 1990-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Governance (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0952-1895 • E-ISSN: 1468-0491 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1468-0491.1990.tb00127.x |
| OpenAlex | W1979916489 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 43 |
This article compares changes in the education and career paths of senior federal civil servants in Canada between 1967 and 1987. It shows that there has been a marked trend toward managers with less formal education than had previously been the case and also a shift toward managers with less experience in the policy areas within which they are responsible for providing policy advice and program management. This finding is consistent with Osbaldeston's study of Canadian deputy ministers, and with studies of bureaucratic elites in other Western democracies. In an increasingly complex environment, problems facing government decision‐makers require high levels of technical expertise. This requirement is central to Weber's concept of bureaucracy, and it has been used as an explanation for the increasing prominence of bureaucrats in the policy‐making process. In recent decades, however, bureaucratic reforms have emphasized the administrative functions of senior managers at the expense of their technical roles. In Canada, at least, this process appears to have gone so far that it may have seriously compromised the capacity of senior civil servants to give informed advice and to make knowledgeable decisions about the policies and programs of their departments
Administration (probate law · Bureaucracy · Civil servants · Government (linguistics · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Accounting and Organizational Management · Law · Management and Organizational Studies · Public Administration · Public Policy and Administration Research
Local Authority Bureaucracies
Bureaucratic élites
The Mauritian senior public service since independence
Observations on the State of Comparative Administration Research in Europe — Rather Comparable than Comparative
The Relationship between Politics and Administration
The Attitudes of Senior Public Servants in Australia and New Zealand
Politics, economics, and welfare
Federalism and the role of the state
Inside Bureaucracy
Policy Analysts in the Bureaucracy
Upper Echelons
A behavioral theory of the firm
Complex organizations
Structure of Social Action
The Superbureaucrats
Professional Values and Organizational Decision Making
Scarcity and Environmental Stress in Public organizations
Bureaucracy and Democracy
Federal budget cuts
The changing shape and nature of public service employment
Administrative reform in the federal public service
The rise and fall of policy planning and research units
The Business Firm as a Political Coalition
The Management of Universities of Constant or Decreasing Size
Accountability in the Public Sector
Comparing Public and Private Organizations
Repercussions of Government Change on the Career Civil Service in West Germany
Contraction, Managerialism and Decentralization in Canadian Government
The Politics/Administration Dichotomy
Organizational Size and Functional Complexity
Alone on Killers' Row
Growth and Decline Processes in Organizations
Some Thoughts on Grounded Theory
Organizational Structure, Environment and Performance
Corporate Size, Bureaucratization, and Managerial Succession
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 1991 - 2012 (22) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |