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A timely new perspective on the impact of populism on the relationship between democracy and public administration.
About the author
Michael W. Bauer holds the Chair of Public Administration at the School of Transnational Governance of the European University Institute, San Domenico die Fiesole.B. Guy Peters is Maurice Falk Professor of Government at the University of Pittsburgh and founding President of the International Public Policy Association.Jon Pierre is Professor of Political Science at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, and Adjunct Professor at the University of Pittsburgh.Kutsal Yesilkagit is Professor of Public Administration at Leiden University.Stefan Becker is Researcher at the Thünen Institute, the Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries, Germany.
Summary
This volume shows how populists in government attempt to transform their public administrations to make them to an instrument of anti-liberal rule. It also offers avenues to make our democratic bureaucracies more resilient against the populist challenge.
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'Populists, Democratic Backsliding and Public Administration is an impressive documentation of populist politicians worldwide and their anti-Democratic efforts that rely on politicizing the civil service. Weaving historical cases with astute analysis of several contemporary national cases, the book clearly documents the perils of discounting or dismissing bureaucratic expertise. It is must reading for anyone interested in 21st century governance, the challenges to the administrative state, and the future of democracy.' Kenneth J. Meier, Distinguished Scholar in Residence, American University
