Bureaucratic behavior in turbulent political environments

Abstract

Effective bureaucracies require an effective political process. Ongoing developments such as populist movements, economic downturn, and anti-expertise sentiment - as well as the Covid-19 pandemic - make the political environment in which bureaucratic actors operate increasingly turbulent. Such developments limit bureaucrats’ ability to devise policy solutions based on substantive expertise, and increasingly require decision-making in shorter time spans, achievement of results with reduced financial resources, and realization of unclear and inconsistent political objectives. This panel invites research that examines how bureaucratic behavior is shaped by the political environment, and how bureaucratic actors may mitigate turbulent political environments through strategic behavior.

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