U.S. Presidents and the Image of the American Public Service
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8895707 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James D Slac (corresponding author), Mark Feese, JuLee A Pallette |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 231-248 |
| Publication date | 2003-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canadian Review of American Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-7720 • E-ISSN: 1710-114X |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3138/cras-s033-03-03 |
| OpenAlex | W2008297458 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 16 |
One cultural factor that has shaped the American public service is an on-going concern about image—how the apparatus of government is viewed by citizens, elected officials, and appointed public servants.1 Answers to the “image question” typically are not very positive. The public service, especially when defined as the federal bureaucracy, is often depicted negatively in popular and academic cultures alike (Goodsell). This phenomenon is really nothing new. Public opinion polls, academic surveys, and scholarly studies conducted since the mid-twentieth century indicate a general pattern of distrust toward, and lack of confidence in, American governmental institutions.2 It seems that anti-bureaucratic (Karl) and anti-governmental (Stokes; Pfiffner) attitudes are intrinsically woven into the fabric of American political culture, the cloth from which many politicians are more than willing to cut to suit political needs
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| Highly cited | No |
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