Representative bureaucracy: concept, driving forces, strategies

Peters, B. Guy; Schröter, Eckhard; Maravić, Patrick von

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“…In line with such a view, a more representative bureaucracy has been linked to improved overall administrative performance (Kingsley 2003), increased worker loyalty and job satisfaction (Choi 2009), and higher legitimacy and accountability of the bureaucratic organization (Selden & Selden 2001). From a more political perspective, bureaucratic representation can also play a symbolic role by suggesting equality of opportunities and equity (Groeneveld & van de Walle 2010;Gravier 2013;Peters et al 2013), and prove helpful during the implementation of controversial or unpopular (but necessary) policy programs (Pitts et al 2010;Peters et al 2013).…”

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“…From a more political perspective, bureaucratic representation can also play a symbolic role by suggesting equality of opportunities and equity (Groeneveld & van de Walle ; Gravier ; Peters et al . ), and prove helpful during the implementation of controversial or unpopular (but necessary) policy programs (Pitts et al . ; Peters et al .…”

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Representative bureaucracy and seconded national government officials in the European Commission

Murdoch

Trondal

Geys

2015

Regulation & Governance

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With the rising sophistication of modern democracies, the policy problems facing public officials have likewise increased in complexity. Simultaneously, the technocratization of political life has made professionals and specialists (or 'experts') more paramount to processes of proposing, implementing and legitimizing public policy. Both tendencies are reflected in an increasing reliance on external experts to assist in the development and implementation of policy decisions. This development, we argue, raises two important questions: who are these external experts? And does it matter who they are? We empirically address these questions exploiting unique survey data on seconded national experts (SNEs) in the European Commission (N≈450). Our results highlight that SNEs do not appear closely representative (in a 'passive' sense) of the EUs' constituent population along a number of socio-demographic dimensions. This is important because the passive unrepresentativeness of experts introduced into the policy-making process has the potential to translate into an (active) under-representation of possibly relevant interests and opinions. However, the data suggests that passive (under)representation have modest effects on active representation.

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Representative bureaucracy and seconded national government officials in the European Commission

Murdoch

Trondal

Geys

2015

Regulation & Governance

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“…RB has been linked to improved overall administrative performance (e.g., Kingsley, 2003), increased worker loyalty and job satisfaction (e.g., Choi, 2009) and higher legitimacy and accountability of the bureaucratic organization (e.g., Selden & Selden, 2001). RB has also been seen to play a symbolic role during the implementation of controversial or unpopular policy programs (Peters, Schröter, & von Maravić, 2013;Pitts, Hicklin, Dawes, & Melton, 2010) and with regards to opportunities and equity to public office (Gravier, 2013;Groeneveld & van de Walle, 2010;Peters et al, 2013).…”

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Representative Bureaucracy and the Role of Expertise in Politics

Trondal

Murdoch

Geys

2015

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The vast majority of existing studies on bureaucratic representation focus on bureaucracies' permanent and internal staff. Yet, the rising sophistication of modern democracies and the technocratization of political life are gradually inducing an increased reliance on external experts to assist in the development and implementation of policy decisions. This trend, we argue, raises the need to extend studies of bureaucratic representation to such external and non-permanent experts in governmental affairs. In this article, we take a first step in this direction using seconded national experts (SNEs) in the European Commission as our empirical laboratory. Our results highlight that Commission SNEs do not appear representative of their constituent population (i.e., the EU-27 population) along a number of socio-demographic dimensions. Moreover, we find that the role perception of "experts" is primarily explained by organizational affiliation, and only secondarily by demographic characteristics (except, of course, education).

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“…Therefore, the minority groups can support public policies accordingly. In a political perspective, bureaucratic representation may play a symbolic role by providing equal opportunity and representation (Groeneveld and Van de Walle, 2010;Gravier, 2013;Peters et al, 2013).…”

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“…Existence of public officials who reflect values of citizens provides more legitimacy and effective political outputs by strengthening participation of the social groups on law representation level (Conner, 2016, p.298). It enables political outputs to be implemented, which they are less supported by required for the interest of society (Pitts et al, 2010;Peters et al, 2013). Social support might be achieved toward public policies; resistance toward difficult policies are diminished; and policy implementation costs are decreased (Riccucci and Ryzen, 2017, p.28).…”

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Transformation of Passive Representation Into Symbolic Representation in the Framework of Representative Bureaucracy Approach: A Field Research on Gendermarie and Police - Temsi̇li̇ Bürokrasi̇ Yaklaşimi Çerçevesi̇nde Pasi̇f Temsi̇li̇n Semboli̇k Temsi̇le Dönüşümü: Jandarma Ve Poli̇s Teşki̇lati Üzeri̇ne Bi̇r Araştirma

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Lamba

Öztop

2020

Mehmet Akif Ersoy Üniversitesi İktisadi Ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi

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In this study, it is aimed to reveal the transformation of passive representation into symbolic representation and the relationship between symbolic representation and the attitudes of trust, participation and legitimacy of individuals towards public bureaucracy. The perceptions and attitudes towards law enforcement bureaucracy have been tried to determine through individuals living in Nevşehir. The data of research have been collected by means of a questionnaire form from 550 individuals who were selected by cluster sampling method. In the research, it has been determined that the passive representation transformed into symbolic representation. In addition, it has been observed that there were statistically significant and positive, strong relationships between symbolic representation and the attitudes of trust, participation and legitimacy toward public bureaucracy. Therefore, it is possible to assert that the representative bureaucracy approach can be used to increase legitimacy and trust toward public authorities and to gain social support as it is in the sample of law enforcement.

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Representative bureaucracy: concept, driving forces, strategies

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Representative bureaucracy and seconded national government officials in the European Commission

Representative bureaucracy and seconded national government officials in the European Commission

Representative Bureaucracy and the Role of Expertise in Politics

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