Bureaucratic Representation

Civil Servants and the Future of Capitalist Democracies
Erscheinungsjahr 2001
ISBN: 978-90-04-12194-2
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 1, 310 Seiten, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 572 g

Reihe: International Comparative Social Studies

This text discusses the central role of bureaucratic representation as a key vehicle for representing the general interests of most citizens in a way that is consistently superior to electoral systems in representative democracies, particularly large states. Though formal elections remain indispensable, bureaucracies in the capital, public and social sectors, have used their superior expertise and continuity, combined with social policies like affirmative action and equal pay, to achieve responsible discretion and creative implementation.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wilson, Hall Thomas

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Verwaltungsrecht Verwaltungspraxis Public Management
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Demokratie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Öffentlicher Dienst, Öffentlicher Sektor

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Man and Society in an Age of Deconstruction
2. Capitalism and Legitimacy
3.Legitimacy and Capitalism
4. Sovereignty and Legitimacy
5.Capitalism and Democracy
6. What the People Do for Capitalism
7. Property, Capital and Society
8. Public Capital and its Cooptation
9.The Public Debt: We Win, You Lose
10. Privatization: Hypocrisy Triumphant
11. Free Trade: the Supreme Illusion
12. Legitimation Crisis?

Bibliography & References
Author Index
Subject Index

Über Autor(innen)

H.T. Wilson, Ph.D. (1968) in Political Science and Constitutional Law, Rutgers University, is Professor of Public Policy and Law at York University, Toronto. He has published extensively in public and social policy and social and political thought, including Sex and Gender (Brill, 1989).