Raudla, R., Douglas, J.W. and Mohr, Z.  <br/><br/>
Exploration of the technocratic mentality among Europeans civil servants 

 - International Review of Administrative Sciences  
 - 88(4), Dec, 2022: p.1013-1031 
<br/><br/> Civil servants vary in the degree to which they hold technocratic attitudes. We explore whether bureaucrats’ exposure to politics and politicians is associated with the depoliticization dimension of the technocratic mentality. We use survey data of high-level executives in 19 European countries to explore factors that are associated with executives’ perceptions that removing issues and activities from the realms of politics leads to more farsighted policies. We find that respondents’ level of exposure to politics and politicians is indeed negatively associated with technocratic mentality. Bureaucrats have studied political science or public administration, work closer to politicians (in terms of type of organization), interact with them more frequently, and have more positive perceptions of these interactions tend to have lower levels of technocratic attitudes. – Reproduced  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Administration and politics, Bureaucracy, Depoliticization, Technocracy, Technoratic attitudes.