Bureaucrats as a ruling group Mandarins, retainers, transients, and functionaries.
By: Riggs, Fred W.
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ArticlePublisher: 1994Description: p.1-22.Subject(s): Civil service | Bureaucracy
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Administrative ChangeSummary: "The article discusses that bureaucrats are, by definition, public servants responsible for the non-political functions of public administration. This distracts attention from their power potential. In some countries, undoubtedly, bureaucrats are indeed powerless and, in any country, most low-status appointed officials have little or no power. Nevertheless, high ranking bureaucrats (military and civil) often exercise great influence within a state and sometimes constitute the dominant ruling group. In any comparative study of political systems we need to take the political roles played by bureaucrats into account"
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Indian Institute of Public Administration | Volume no: 22, Issue no: 1 | Available | AR31182 |
"The article discusses that bureaucrats are, by definition, public servants responsible for the non-political functions of public administration. This distracts attention from their power potential. In some countries, undoubtedly, bureaucrats are indeed powerless and, in any country, most low-status appointed officials have little or no power. Nevertheless, high ranking bureaucrats (military and civil) often exercise great influence within a state and sometimes constitute the dominant ruling group. In any comparative study of political systems we need to take the political roles played by bureaucrats into account"
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