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Bureaucratic Power

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Accountability; Administration; Administrative state; Bureaucracy; Public service

Definition

Bureaucratic power refers to the administrative capability to successfully carry out the intent of the legislature that created it. Power includes the ability to write rules, enforce them, and adjudicate disputes. It also includes the ability to influence those legislative bodies in order to receive a sufficient budget so that the agency may continue to operate.

Introduction

Mention the word “bureaucracy” and peoples’ eyes glaze over and they turn away. Bureaucracy – the administrative offices juxtaposed between the executive and legislative branches at all levels of government in every nation – is the most numerous form of government but also the least understood. Most know that legislatures make laws and executives are ultimately responsible for enforcement, but few think about implementation, about what is required to provide the myriad range of services and programs that are...

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  1. Department of Political Science and International Affairs, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA, USA

    Barbara L. Neuby

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  1. Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, USA

    Ali Farazmand

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Neuby, B.L. (2016). Bureaucratic Power. 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_634-1

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