Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: New Public Management, Belief, Clientelism
26 Mar 2017
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Evolution of bureaucracy: patrimonial administration, personal agents of monarch, rooted in royal household, bureaucratic administration why, more demanding and dangerous warfare, more complex economy and society, democratic pressures. Weberian bureaucracy: offices with assigned responsibilities positions with responsibilities, merit-based recruitment, advancement, division of labour, hierarchy you know where you stand, formal rules job, placement are clearly defined. Bureaucratic functions: administration yes but, implementation, agenda setting and policy advice, policy advice what politicians know matters, articulating interests clientelism too far, political stability even with spoils system. Variety in bureaucracy: not every bureaucracy is the same, french centralization, merit basis, us decentralization, spoils system, not every bureaucrat is the same, specialists hire based on skills, generalists. Evolution of bureaucracy: 20th century massive growth in, areas of state activity, administrative capacity, late 2-th/early 21st centuries new public management. March 15th, 2016: contacting out, quangos, performance incentives. Rank order their preferences; they know clearly what they want.
