Bureaucracy and Democracy

Eran Vigoda-Gadot

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-20928-9_612

Bureaucracy and Democracy

Eran Vigoda-Gadot

School of Political Sciences

University of Haifa

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Abstract

Bureaucracy is thus a formal administrative order of actions by government (Farazmand 2009) and a mechanism to implement public policies. Democracy on the other hand is a political system of ruling and being ruled in return, based on elections, representation, and the rights of the people in a specific national entity (Mosher 1982). One of the major ironies in modern governance is the complicating and confusing relationship between bureaucracy and democracy. This relationship can be viewed as a tango where both spheres are independent but still closely related in a unique way. As in a tango, they move together in different directions, keeping their distance from one another (Vigoda-Gadot and Mizrahi 2008), but in the same time seeking close contact and effective interaction. On one hand, building strong….

Original language	American English
Title of host publication	Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Go.
Subtitle of host publication	With 294 Figures and 229 Tables
Pages	532-543
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319209289
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20928-9_612
State	Published - 1 Jan 2018

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Keywords

Administrative structure
Citizens involvement
Democratic values
Governability
Organizations
Paramedical order
Political participation
Power flow

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

General Medicine
General Business,Management and Accounting
General Social Sciences

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