Cope, Glen Hahn (1997):
Bureaucratic Reform and Issues of Political Responsiveness
Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Vol. 7, No. 3: 461-471 (1997)
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Type of publication:
Tidsskriftsartikkel
Link to publication:
http://jpart.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/7/3/461
Link to review:
http://jpart.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/7/3/461
Number of pages:
12
ISSN:
1477-9803
Language of publication:
Engelsk
Country of publication:
UK
NSD-reference:
2711
This page was last updated:
14/9 2007
Affiliations related to this publication:
- Kommune
- Stat
Verkemiddel i den konstituerande styringa:
- 1.1 Organisering generelt
Studieoppdrag:
- Forskning
Studietype:
- Effektstudie/implikasjoner/resultater
Type effekt:
- Strukturelle og styringsmessige effektar
Sektor (cofog):
- Staten generelt
Summary:
Many of the concepts and techniques associated with contemporary bureaucratic reform are filled with implications for political responsiveness. Being entrepreneurial may result in savings but reduce political responsiveness. Service to customers is specific responsiveness while service to all of the citizens is general responsiveness. Performance reviews and entrepreneurial budgeting may strengthen bureaucracy and elected executives, but will also probably weaken political responsiveness. Managing and budgeting systems that frame policy alternatives and draw the citizens and their political leaders into comprehensive policy-making are preferable to the concepts and techniques of bureaucratic reform as reinventing government.