Administrative responses to democratic backsliding
When is bureaucratic resistance justified
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7366887 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael W Bauer (0000-0003-1010-8499, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1104-1117 |
| Publication date | 2023-12-14 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Regulation & Governance (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1748-5983 • E-ISSN: 1748-5991 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/rego.12567 |
| OpenAlex | W4389791079 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 21 |
| References cited | 82 |
Populist, illiberal, or outright autocratic movements threaten democracies worldwide, particularly when such extreme political forces gain control of executive power. For public administration illiberal backsliders in government pose a dilemma. Trained on instrumental values and expected to implement neutrally the political choices of their elected superiors, bureaucrats lack orientation of how to act in situations when obeying their own government may mean becoming an accomplice to democratic regression. Against this background, this article maps the dubious demands of backsliders in government as well as the potential reactions of bureaucrats to them. Public administration thinking is subsequently examined with a view to showing how administrative resistance to democratic backsliding could be normatively justified. Finally, the article provides practical recommendations to enhance the resilience of democratic public administration in the face of illiberal challenges
Administration (probate law · Autocracy · Bureaucracy · Democracy · Dilemma · Government (linguistics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Resistance (ecology · Sociology · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Ombudsman and Human Rights · Public Administration · Public Policy and Administration Research
Public Administration and the Illiberal Challenge
Burocracia, profesionalización y disputa política en la administración pública contemporánea
Remembering the Disease behind the Symptoms – the Oligarchical Causes of Democratic Backsliding
Studying recentralisation in countries experiencing an illiberal turn – from a new framework to comparative lessons drawing
Cities against authoritarianism? Polish and Hungarian capitals facing centralistic pressure
Conceptualizing the Street‐Level Bureaucrat Construct
Balancing Neutral and Responsive Competences in the Context of Functional Politicization
The multiple fronts of democratic backsliding
The Politics of Regulatory Oversight
Power Unleashed
Administrative democratic defence
Military Personnel, Order Following, and Anti-Democratic Leadership
Merit and impartiality in public administration
Democratic backsliding and public administration
Resisting the tide
Bureaucrats’ willingness to resist democratic backsliding
The deformation of democracy in the United States
Bureaucratic Responses to Populist Government
Time tactics in public administration
Change is inevitable, quality is optional, and context matters
Authoritarian Drift, Variegated Paths
Max Weber und die deutsche Politik 1890-1920
Leadership in administration
Illiberal challenges to mainstream public management research
Responding to Unethical Demands by One’s Leader
Public Administration Under Populist Rule
Democratic Backsliding, Populism, and Public Administration
Introduction to the Symposium Issue on Reappraising Bureaucracy in the 21st Century
Democracy, Public Administration, and Public Values in an Era of Estrangement
Policy dismantling by capacity manipulation in a context of democratic backsliding
When bargaining is and is not possible
Forum
The Value of The Dichotomy
The Ethics of Dissent
Politicisation of the public service during democratic backsliding
Addressing the Citizenship and Democratic Deficits
Ethical Performance in Local Governments
The Anti-Public Administration Presidency
Mission Mystique
Trump and the “deep state”
Theoretical Perspectives on Bureaucrats
Populism and Public Administration
Toward a Reconciliation of the Bureaucratic and Democratic Ethos
Democracy, Populism and Public Administration
Leadership in the Administrative State
The Disarticulation of the Administrative State (and Public Administration)
Administrative Neutrality in the Wake of Trumpism
Bureaucracy Between Populism and Technocracy
The Environmental Protection Agency in the Early Trump Administration
The Guardian State
Between a rock and a hard place
The Responsible Administrator
Maybe It Is Time to Rediscover Bureaucracy
Explaining Cross-National Variance in Administrative Reform
Exit, Voice, Loyalty, and Neglect
The Bureaucratic Vocation
What Is Populism
Present at the Destruction
Administrative Responsibility in Democratic Government
Bureaucracy and Democracy
Toward Better Public Administration
Public Management for Populists
Exit, Voice, and Sabotage
Public Administration in Dark Times
Transactional Authority and Bureaucratic Politics
Galloping Elephants
(Mis)Led by an Outsider
On Democratic Backsliding
Questioning Backsliding
Elections Without Democracy
Democracy's Arc
Parabureaucracy
Political attacks and the undermining of the bureaucracy
A third wave of autocratization is here
State of the world 2022
Unwelcome Change
The Ups and Downs of Bureaucratic Organization
Political Theory of Populism
Comparative Bureaucratic Politics
Conceptualizing and Measuring Autocratization Episodes
Into a New Regressive Era
The Study of Administration
A resposta da burocracia ao contexto de retrocesso democrático
Policy dismantling and democratic regression in Brazil under Bolsonaro
The New Institutionalism
Development of Theory of Democratic Administration
Walking the Moral Tightrope
| Unique citing works | 21 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 10,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 21 |