Definition
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).
Introduction
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...
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Vigoda-Gadot, E. (2017). Bureaucracy and Democracy. In: Farazmand, A. (eds) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_612-1
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