Legislatures: Rational Systems or Rational Myths?

“…75 Watson-Jones and Legare 2016. 76 Feldman and March 1981;Shulock 1998. By deliberating with others, even if only in a scripted way, individuals are forced to acknowledge one another as members of the same group and to treat one another as equal sources of authority, even if only formally and symbolically. Ritual deliberation allows participants to show respect to one another as equal moral agents and as equal sources of moral and epistemic claims.…”

Section: Upholding Roles and Identitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ritual Deliberation

Tanasoca

Sass

2019

J Political Philosophy

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“…Acting in the public interest and the legitimacy of the institution of public service (and relatedly public servants), however, is built on its wider role in society (Moore, 1995) and the confidence that citizens have in its stewardship (Shulock, 1998). Administrative work in this legitimizing context requires due process (Weber, 1997(Weber, [1947); consistency in management systems (Boyne, 2001); and equity and impartiality (Harmon and Mayer, 1986).…”

Section: The Nature Of Public Service and The Identity Of Public Servmentioning

confidence: 99%

Alone in the back office: the isolation of those who care to support public services

Butler

Doherty

Finniear

et al. 2014

Work, Employment and Society

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Prior research suggests that it is through providing direct support to citizens that public servants gain a source of meaning in their work; and affirm their public service identities. This article explores how employees who work in a public service support function and receive little, if any, direct feedback from citizens may maintain their public service identity during their back office work. The study finds, against much previous empirical research, that these back office employees achieve positive identity affirmation through bureaucratic work. The findings also show that they affirm their caring and community focused public service identity by noting their superiority in this regard when compared with colleagues. However, this augmented self-narrative results in many experiencing feelings of isolation. The article discusses how these findings extend the understanding of identity affirmation among back office public servants and may improve our ability to effectively support these workers.

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Legislatures: Rational Systems or Rational Myths?

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Political-Administrative Relations in State Government: A Legislative Perspective

Political-Administrative Relations in State Government: A Legislative Perspective

Ritual Deliberation

Alone in the back office: the isolation of those who care to support public services

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