Democratic Backsliding and Public Administration Book contents
- Democratic Backsliding and Public Administration
- Democratic Backsliding and Public Administration
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 Introduction: Populists, Democratic Backsliding, and Public Administration
- 2 Incomplete Democratization, System Transformation, and the Civil Service: A Case Study on the Weimar Republic and the Nazi Regime in Germany
- 3 Resilience Without Resistance: Public Administration Under Mutating Populisms in Office in Italy
- 4 Illiberal Transformation of Government Bureaucracy in a Fragile Democracy: The Case of Hungary
- 5 Public Administration in Poland in the Times of Populist Drift
- 6 Technocratic-Populist Mayors and Public Administration in Three European Cities
- 7 Populism and the Deep State: The Attack on Public Service Under Trump
- 8 “Doublespeak Populism” and Public Administration: The Case of Mexico
- 9 Venezuela: Sidelining Public Administration Under a Revolutionary-Populist Regime
- 10 Working, Shirking, and Sabotage in Times of Democratic Backsliding: An Experimental Study in Brazil
- 11 Public Administration: How to Respond to Populism and Democratic Backsliding
- 12 Conclusions: Public Administration Under the Rule of Democratic Backsliders
- References
- Index
1 - Introduction: Populists, Democratic Backsliding, and Public Administration
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 August 2021
- Democratic Backsliding and Public Administration
- Democratic Backsliding and Public Administration
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 Introduction: Populists, Democratic Backsliding, and Public Administration
- 2 Incomplete Democratization, System Transformation, and the Civil Service: A Case Study on the Weimar Republic and the Nazi Regime in Germany
- 3 Resilience Without Resistance: Public Administration Under Mutating Populisms in Office in Italy
- 4 Illiberal Transformation of Government Bureaucracy in a Fragile Democracy: The Case of Hungary
- 5 Public Administration in Poland in the Times of Populist Drift
- 6 Technocratic-Populist Mayors and Public Administration in Three European Cities
- 7 Populism and the Deep State: The Attack on Public Service Under Trump
- 8 “Doublespeak Populism” and Public Administration: The Case of Mexico
- 9 Venezuela: Sidelining Public Administration Under a Revolutionary-Populist Regime
- 10 Working, Shirking, and Sabotage in Times of Democratic Backsliding: An Experimental Study in Brazil
- 11 Public Administration: How to Respond to Populism and Democratic Backsliding
- 12 Conclusions: Public Administration Under the Rule of Democratic Backsliders
- References
- Index
Summary
Populism challenges our democracies. And populists in governments attempt to transform public administration systems in manifold illiberal ways. This chapter outlines an analytical frame for systematic comparative research on determining how populists attempt to convert public bureaucracies, what are their motivations, and what are their chances of succeeding. It bridgesdifferent strands of scholarship that have remained rather insulated so far. It complements the debate on system transformation and democracy systematically with administrative aspects. The chapter thus offers a path to integrate public administration scholarship in system transformation research by eliciting the role of bureaucracies in reform projects of populist governments.
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- Democratic Backsliding and Public AdministrationHow Populists in Government Transform State Bureaucracies, pp. 1 - 21Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021
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