Democratic Backsliding and Public Administration
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Democratic Backsliding and Public Administration

How Populists in Government Transform State Bureaucracies

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eBook - PDF

Democratic Backsliding and Public Administration

How Populists in Government Transform State Bureaucracies

About this book

Liberal democracy is at risk. Its hallmark institutions ā€“ political pluralism, separation of powers, and rule of lawā€”are coming under pressure, as authoritarian sentiment is growing around the globe. While liberal-democratic backsliding features prominently in social science scholarship, especially the branches concerned with political parties and political behavior, public administration research lags behind. However, without considering illiberal approaches towards the executive, efforts of actual and aspiring authoritarians remain only partly understood. State bureaucracies are, after all, important instruments of power. This timely and important volume addresses the administrative implications of liberal-democratic backsliding. It studies public administrations as objects and subjects in the context of illiberal dynamics. For this purpose, the volume brings together an international group of scholars to analyze authoritarian tendencies in several countries. The contributions combine theoretical with empirical work, providing the first comparative perspective on an overlooked aspect of one of the most important contemporary political trends.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title page
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright page
  5. Contents
  6. List of Figures
  7. List of Tables
  8. List of Contributors
  9. Preface
  10. 1 Introduction: Populists, Democratic Backsliding, and Public Administration
  11. 2 Incomplete Democratization, System Transformation, and the Civil Service: A Case Study on the Weimar Republic and the Nazi Regime in Germany
  12. 3 Resilience Without Resistance: Public Administration Under Mutating Populisms in Office in Italy
  13. 4 Illiberal Transformation of Government Bureaucracy in a Fragile Democracy: The Case of Hungary
  14. 5 Public Administration in Poland in the Times of Populist Drift
  15. 6 Technocratic-Populist Mayors and Public Administration in Three European Cities
  16. 7 Populism and the Deep State: The Attack on Public Service Under Trump
  17. 8 ā€œDoublespeak Populismā€ and Public Administration: The Case of Mexico
  18. 9 Venezuela: Sidelining Public Administration Under a Revolutionary-Populist Regime
  19. 10 Working, Shirking, and Sabotage in Times of Democratic Backsliding: An Experimental Study in Brazil
  20. 11 Public Administration: How to Respond to Populism and Democratic Backsliding
  21. 12 Conclusions: Public Administration Under the Rule of Democratic Backsliders
  22. References
  23. Index