Bureaucracy and Democracy
A Happy Marriage
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6294380 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marc Holzer (Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey), Kathryn Kloby (Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 141-143 |
| Publication date | 2006-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1053-1858 • E-ISSN: 1477-9803 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/jopart/mui053 |
| OpenAlex | W1997316531 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Bureaucracy is a significant element of American governance; yet, its role in democratic governance is all too often vilified, misunderstood, and reduced to stereotypical assumptions that fail to recognize the contributions of bureaucratic structures and actors in the design and implementation of public policy.These misguided assumptions and underestimations of public sector bureaucracy, therefore, require practical and empirical examples that run contrary to the current political environment and managerial reform efforts that typically adopt simple slogans as paradigms: ''cutting the fat,'' ''reducing red tape for results,'' ''adopting private sector efficiencies.''These are only the most recent versions of simple assumptions that have handicapped government since at least the late nineteenth century.William T. Gormley, Jr. and Steven J. Balla's book offers a thoughtful and practical counterpoint-a very useful analysis with extensive examples that provide insights on the
Bureaucracy · Democracy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Law · Public Administration
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,06 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2010 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |