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A timely new perspective on the impact of populism on the relationship between democracy and public administration.
List of contents
1. Introduction: Populists, Democratic Backsliding and Public Administration Michael W. Bauer, B. Guy Peters, Jon Pierre, Kutsal Yesilkagit, Stefan Becker; 2. Incomplete Democratization, System Transformations, and the Civil Service: A Case Study on the Weimar Republic and the Nazi Regime in Germany Bastian Strobel, Sylvia Veit; 3. Resilience without Resistance: Public Administration under Mutating Populisms in Office in Italy Fabrizio Di Mascio, Alessandro Natalini, Edoardo Ongaro; 4. Illiberal Transformation of Government Bureaucracy in a Fragile Democracy. The Case of Hungary György Hajnal, Zsolt Boda; 5. Public Administration in Poland in the Times of Populist Drift Stanis¿aw Mazur; 6. Technocratic-Populist Mayors and Public Administration in Three European Cities Eliška Drápalová; 7. Populism and the Deep State: The Attack on Public Service under Trump Donald Moynihan; 8. 'Doublespeak Populism' and Public Administration: The Case of Mexico Mauricio I. Dussauge-Laguna; 9. Venezuela: Sidelining Public Administration under a Revolutionary-Populist Regime Wolfgang Muno, Héctor G. Briceño M; 10. Working, Shirking, and Sabotage in Times of Democratic Backsliding: An Experimental Study in Brazil João Victor Guedes-Neto, B. Guy Peters; 11. Public Administration: How to Respond to Populism and Democratic Backsliding Gerry Stoker; 12.Conclusions: Public Administration under the Rule of Democratic Backsliders Jon Pierre, B. Guy Peters, Michael W. Bauer, Kutsal Yesilkagit, Stefan Becker.
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
