Politics of Representative Bureaucracy

Power, Legitimacy and Performance

Inbunden, Engelska, 2015

AvB. Guy Peters,Patrick von Maravić,Eckhard Schröter

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Attempting to understand the politics of representation entails the close examination of the procedural, political, and conflicting nature of representation in public organizations. Shedding light on the study of public administration, this book provides a profound understanding of the causes, facets, and consequences of the politics of representation in the public sector.Using a comparative and interdisciplinary approach, and recognizing the inherently political nature of public bureaucracies, expert contributors extend our understanding of this salient topic. Three areas are discussed, catalysing debate about representation in the public sector:The study of representative bureaucracy is explored, moving away from traditional viewpoints concerning passive and active representation, making room to capture additional 'channels for the expression' of interests.Insight into the institutionalization and freezing of different types of representation is presented, drawing attention to factors that will help explain this variation among administrative systems in the future.Lessons for theorizing public organizations are elaborated upon, to include how public sector bureaucracies play multiple and competing roles.Providing comprehensive analysis of representation in public organizations, Politics of Representative Bureaucracy will benefit scholars and practitioners alike, from comparative public administration and management, government, public policy, and diversity studies.Contributors; R. Hambleton, T. Herrschel, K.J. Meier, T.S.M. Morton, B. Guy Peters, E. Schroter, B. van Gool, P. von Maravic

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Utgivningsdatum2015-04-24
Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
FörlagEdward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN9780857936004

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Contents:1. Delivering Public Services in Multiethnic Societies – The Challenge of RepresentativenessB. Guy Peters, Eckhard Schröter and Patrick von Maravić2. The Comparative Study of Representative Bureaucracy – An Analytical FrameworkB. Guy Peters, Eckhard Schröter and Patrick von Maravić3. The “Performance Claim’ of Representative Bureaucracy – Does Organization Matter?Eckhard Schröter and Patrick von Maravić4. Reconsidering Political and Bureaucratic Representation in Modern GovernmentPatrick von Maravić and B. Guy Peters5. Representative Bureaucracy in a Cross-national Context: Politics, Identity, Structure and DiscretionKenneth J. Meier and Tabitha S.M. Morton6. Political Patronage, Machine Politics and Ethnic Representativeness in the Public SectorB. Guy Peters 7. Migration and Urban Governance - Challenges for Democratic Legitimacy?Tassilo Herrschel 9. Civic Leadership, and Local Politics in Multi-Cultural CitiesRobin Hambleton10. From Plutocracy to Diversity. The (De-)Construction of Representative Bureaucracy TheoryBas van Gool BibliographyIndex