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Political Control versus Bureaucratic Values: Reframing the Debate

Public administration review, 2006-03, Vol.66 (2), p.177-192 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Copyright 2006 The American Society for Public Administration ;Copyright American Society for Public Administration Mar/Apr 2006 ;ISSN: 0033-3352 ;EISSN: 1540-6210 ;DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2006.00571.x ;CODEN: PBARBM

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Title:
Political Control versus Bureaucratic Values: Reframing the Debate
Author: Meier, Kenneth J. ; O'Toole, Laurence J.
Subjects: 1200 ; 2500 ; 8306 ; 9130 ; 9190 ; Advanced students ; Boards of education ; Bureaucracy ; Bureaucrats ; Control ; Corporate bureaucracy ; Democracy ; Educational administration ; Empirical Methods ; Empirical research ; Essays on Reframing Bureaucracy ; Experimental/theoretical ; Government bureaucracy ; Hispanics ; Institutions ; Organization theory ; Organizational behavior ; Political appointments ; Political behavior ; Political control ; Political Factors ; Political forces ; Political science ; Politics ; Public administration ; Public schools ; Regulatory agencies ; Schools and educational services ; Social policy ; Standardized tests ; Studies ; Teachers ; United States ; Values ; Variables
Is Part Of: Public administration review, 2006-03, Vol.66 (2), p.177-192
Description: The literature on political control of bureaucracy reveals that bureaucracies are highly responsive to political forces. This paper argues that the political control literature misses evidence from other academic literature that bears directly on this phenomenon. Specifically, researchers need to consider the values of the bureaucracy in any effort to assess the degree of political control. An empirical test is presented using a data set from public education. Results show bureaucratic values to be far more influential in explaining bureaucratic outputs and outcomes than political factors. These findings suggest that a reinterpretation of previous empirical research is urgently in order.
Publisher: Malden, USA: Blackwell Publishing Inc
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0033-3352
EISSN: 1540-6210
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2006.00571.x
CODEN: PBARBM
Source: ProQuest One Psychology
Alma/SFX Local Collection
ProQuest Central

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Political Control versus Bureaucratic Values: Reframing the Debate

Copyright 2006 The American Society for Public Administration ;Copyright American Society for Public Administration Mar/Apr 2006 ;ISSN: 0033-3352 ;EISSN: 1540-6210 ;DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2006.00571.x ;CODEN: PBARBM

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