Bureaucratic Representation
Subtitle: Civil Servants and the Future of Capitalist Democracies (International Comparative Social Studies)
Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
Published: June 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 235
ISBN-13: 9789004121942
Subjects: Civil service & public sector; Political structures: democracy; Representative government and; Political Science; Representative Government; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Public Affairs & Administration; General; Interior Design - General; Civil Service; Political Ideologies - Democracy; Bureaucracy; Capitalism
Description: "This book discusses the central role of bureaucratic representation as a key vehicle for representing the general interests of most citizens in a way that is consistently superior to electoral systems in representative democracies, particularly large states. The author argues that formal elections remain indispensable, but bureaucracies have used their expertise and continuity, combined with social policies like affirmative action, to achieve responsible discretion and creative implementation. It draws from North-American and West-European examples."--Jacket.