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A scholarly analysis of the role of bureaucracy in democratic governance that challenges the assumption that bureaucratic institutions inherently conflict with democratic principles. Meier and O’Toole employ a governance perspective that examines how bureaucratic systems interact with political control and public values across multiple government settings, arguing that bureaucracy—when embedded in complex intergovernmental and interorganizational networks—can strengthen democratic responsiveness. They analyse barriers to political control, structural constraints, representative bureaucracy, and the interplay of values and strategies within bureaucratic organisations, concluding that both political oversight and shared democratic norms are essential for bureaucracy to support democratic outcomes in the United States and beyond.

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245: $a: Bureaucracy in a Democratic State : A Governance Perspective
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100: $a: Meier, Kenneth J.; O'Toole, Laurence J.
650: $a: Public Administration
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250: $b: Johns Hopkins University Press
250: $c: 2006
020: $a: 9780801883569
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