Bureaucrats and politicians: a report on the administrative elites project
By: Aberbach, Joel D.
Contributor(s): Bert A., Rockman | Daniel B., Mezger.
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ArticleSubject(s): Leadership | Elites | Bureaucracy
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Australian Journal of Public AdministrataionSummary: This article is a review of research conducted by Joel D. Aberbach, Bert A. Rockman and their colleagues on the backgrounds, roles, responsibilities and relationships between high-level bureaucrats and politicians in several Western democracies. Bureaucrats and politicians each consider themselves policy-makers but tend to approach policy-making in characteristically different ways. Bureaucrats are the more stable and conserving elite, they tent to maintain equilibrium in the policy environment. Politicians are more risk-taking, they tend to inject energy and initiative into the policy process. Distinctions between bureaucrats and politicians are less clear in the United States, where data collected in the
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Indian Institute of Public Administration | Issue no: 50(2), Jun.91, p.203-17 | Available | AR21974 |
This article is a review of research conducted by Joel D. Aberbach, Bert A. Rockman and their colleagues on the backgrounds, roles, responsibilities and relationships between high-level bureaucrats and politicians in several Western democracies. Bureaucrats and politicians each consider themselves policy-makers but tend to approach policy-making in characteristically different ways. Bureaucrats are the more stable and conserving elite, they tent to maintain equilibrium in the policy environment. Politicians are more risk-taking, they tend to inject energy and initiative into the policy process. Distinctions between bureaucrats and politicians are less clear in the United States, where data collected in the
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