01427pab a2200217 454500008003600000100002200036245007800058520072100136650001600857650002700873650001900900650001200919650001500931650003400946700002100980700002201001773004801023909001001071999001701081952011101098180718b   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aAberbach, Joel D.  aBureaucrats and politicisn: a report on the administrative elites project  aAccording to the author 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 rist-taking, they tend to inject energy and initiative into the policy process. Distinctions between bureaucrats and politicians are less clear in the United States, wher  a Legislator  a Bureaucrat Politician  a Civil Service  a U.S.A.  a Australia  aCivil Service and Legislators  aBert A., Rockman  aDaniel B., Mezger  aAustralian Journal of Public Administration  a21910  c21910d21910  00104070aIIPAbIIPAd2018-07-19hIssue no: 50(2), Jun.91, p.203-17pAR21979r2018-07-19w2018-07-19yAR