Promise of Representative Bureaucracy: Diversity and Responsiveness in a Government Agency

This text on representive bureaucracy covers topics such as: bureaucracy as a representative institution; bureaucratic power and the dilemma of administrative responsibility; and representative bureaucracy and the potential for reconciling bureaucracy and democracy. Chapter 1 Bureaucracy As a Representative Institution; Chapter 2 Bureaucratic Power and the Dilemma of Administrative Responsibility; Chapter 3 Representative Bureaucracy and the Potential for Reconciling Bureaucracy and Democracy; Chapter 4 Representation and the Farmers Home Administration; Chapter 5 Testing the Linkage Between Passive and Active Representation; Chapter 6 Understanding the Process of Active Representation: Developing and Testing a Model of Administrative Behavior; Chapter 7 Conclusions;