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
3 - Resilience Without Resistance: Public Administration Under Mutating Populisms in Office in Italy
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
This chapter provides an account of the dynamics of administrative change and bureaucratic resilience under populist governments in Italy, focusing on the first two decades of the 2000s, which have been characterized by the intermittent presence of populist parties in government. A noticeable feature of Italy is that it has displayed both right-wing and left-wing forms of populism. Political parties in Italy have displayed radically different forms of populism, and have also changed their stance over time. Our main argument is that populist governments in Italy have displayed a marked chasm between the level of talk and the level of action when it comes to public administration and the reform of the bureaucracy, and that the level of administrative continuity has been significant.
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- Democratic Backsliding and Public AdministrationHow Populists in Government Transform State Bureaucracies, pp. 47 - 75Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021
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