Riggs, Fred W. <br/><br/>
Bureaucrats as a ruling group  Mandarins, retainers, transients, and functionaries. 

 -  1994 
 - p.1-22 
 - Jul-Dec 
<br/><br/> "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" 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Civil service<br/>Bureaucracy