The comparative study of representative bureaucracy: an analytical framework

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

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“…The study speaks to a contextualized understanding of representative bureaucracy (Ding, Lu, and Riccucci 2021;Groeneveld et al 2015;Kennedy 2014;Meier 2019;Park 2021;Peters, Schröter, and von Maravić 2015). Expanding the study context is crucial for the scholarship to improve the explanatory power, solidify a shared consensus, and advance the theoretical and practical implications.…”

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“…Second, this study expands our knowledge base to little‐studied developing countries. Recent studies demonstrated the importance of study context that affects various mechanisms of representation, and eventually, the key findings of representative bureaucracy (e.g., Bishu and Kennedy 2019; Groeneveld et al 2015; Kennedy 2014; Meier 2019; Meier and Funk 2017; Meier and Morton 2015; Park and Liang 2019; Peters, Schröter, and von Maravić 2015). Nevertheless, much of the evidence has been derived from a few geographical areas and has largely focused on the U.S. context.…”

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Intergovernmental Representation at Different Levels of Government: The Effect of Gender Representation

Park

Mwihambi

2021

Public Administration Review

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This study examines whether and where bureaucratic representation occurs within the bureaucratic hierarchy and how intergovernmental representation contributes to government efforts to reduce social disparities and improve gender-related outcomes. The context is the national/central, ministerial, and regional governments of the United Republic of Tanzania for 14 years (2006)(2007)(2008)(2009)(2010)(2011)(2012)(2013)(2014)(2015)(2016)(2017)(2018)(2019). The findings reveal that gender representation at the upper level of government plays a primary role in reducing poverty, but its impact on women's socioeconomic status, i.e., women's education and unemployment rate, is limited within the study context. The findings also highlight that the existence and the impact of intergovernmental representation depend on the primary missions of the government at different levels, policy outcomes of interest, and social contexts where identities are constructed and interpreted. This study claims that the potential interdependence of bureaucratic representation across multiple government agencies and institutions deserves more attention in the representative bureaucracy scholarship. Evidence for Practice• A gender-representative government at different levels creates a synergistic effect on reducing poverty and women's disadvantage. • In a developing country, gender representation at the upper levels of government plays a primary role in reducing poverty; and yet has a limited effect on improving gender equality. • The benefits for women may be marginal when a government focuses only on the numeric increase of women in government rather than on enhancing women's rights and socioeconomic status overall.

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Intergovernmental Representation at Different Levels of Government: The Effect of Gender Representation

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Mwihambi

2021

Public Administration Review

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“…Tao & Feiock, 1999). So, although there is considerable variation throughout Western Europe, the way in which local government behaviour is examined and framed does not necessarily focus on structural variation of this kind, nor does it always focus on policy typologies at the local level (Peters, Schroter & Maravic, 2015). However, there is an acknowledgement that local governments do pay attention to what other local governments do.…”

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Decentralising Unitary Governments Without a Map, or Learning How to Salsa When We Only Know How to Waltz

Tao¹

2016

HKJU-CCPA

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U radu se razmatra kako središnja vlast unitarne države tumači i provodi politiku upravljanja okolišem na lokalnoj razini te kako to čini njezina lokalna samouprava. Kontekst je sjeveroistočna Azija gdje se konkretni rezultati čestone poklapaju s očekivanjima nametnutima proučavanjem tradicionalnih obrazaca koje slijede lokalne samouprave u zapadnim zemljama. Autorica predlaže način mjerenja policy distance (udaljenosti kod stvaranja politika) između središnje vlasti i podređenih jedinica te ga primjenjuje u usporednom kontekstu sjeveroistočne Kine i Republike Koreje. Ta su dva područja zemljopisno bliska te ih povezuju problemi okoliša koji nadilaze međunarodne granice. Također, obje su zemlje doživjele neuobičajeno brz proces decentralizacije politike upravljanja okolišem. To je na lokalnoj razini dovelo do različitih reakcija na probleme okoliša te je omogućilo usporedbu relativne važnosti strukturnih, političkih i ekonomskih pitanja s obzirom na troškove provedbe politike upravljanja okolišem. U radu su korišteni podaci lokalnog i državnog proračuna za 23 grada koji imaju dugogodišnje probleme s upravljanjem okolišem (13 gradova u sjeveroistočnoj Kini i 10 u Južnoj Koreji) te se pomoću tih podataka testira prijedlog autoricekako izmjeriti policy distancu između centra i udaljenih jedinica. Unatoč očekivanjima zasnovanima na tradicionalnom modelu, rezultati upućuju na daleko veće slaganje lokalne samouprave i državne vlasti u demokratskoj državi nego u komunističkom sustavu.

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“…Finally, the rationale of the Politics of Bureaucracy will be utilised to draft a research agenda for this important sub-field of comparative public administration. The following reflections on representative bureaucracy are deeply informed by close collaboration with the author of the breakthrough book (Peters et al, 2015a, 2015b, 2015c; Peters and Schröter, 2018; Von Maravic et al, 2013). It goes without saying that all omissions, deficits and misunderstandings are entirely my own.…”

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From the Politics of Bureaucracy to the politics of representative bureaucracy

Schröter

2019

The British Journal of Politics and International Relations

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The Politics of Bureaucracy provides an important impetus for the research of representative bureaucracy and at the same time serves as an analytical frame for a research agenda on representativeness in the public sector. The major impetus comes from one of the book’s core messages that public administration is tightly interwoven with politics and society. As a reform paradigm, representative bureaucracy aims for a public sector workforce that mirrors the social composition of the society it is supposed to serve. If successful, this measure is expected to improve organisational performance, relations with social groups and also overall political legitimacy. However, representativeness is no panacea to treat all problems of diverse societies and non-responsive bureaucracies. Rather, potential benefits have to be discounted against likely pitfalls and extra costs incurred through the pursuit of representativeness. What is more, the inherent tensions with competing reform paradigms have to be taken into account.

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The comparative study of representative bureaucracy: an analytical framework

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Intergovernmental Representation at Different Levels of Government: The Effect of Gender Representation

Intergovernmental Representation at Different Levels of Government: The Effect of Gender Representation

Decentralising Unitary Governments Without a Map, or Learning How to Salsa When We Only Know How to Waltz

From the Politics of Bureaucracy to the politics of representative bureaucracy

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