Democratic Backsliding and Public Administration: How Populists in Government Transform State Bureaucracies

Description

Liberal democracy is at risk. Its hallmark institutions – political pluralism, separation of powers, and rule of law—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. 03.0_pp_iv_iv_Copyright_page 04.0_pp_v_vi_Contents 05.0_pp_vii_vii_Figures 06.0_pp_viii_viii_Tables 07.0_pp_ix_x_Contributors 08.0_pp_xi_xii_Preface 09.0_pp_1_21_Introduction_Populists_Democratic_Backsliding_and_Public_Administration 10.0_pp_22_46_Incomplete_Democratization_System_Transformation_and_the_Civil_Service_A_Case_Study_on_the_Weimar_Re 10.1_pp_45_46_Appendix 11.0_pp_47_75_Resilience_Without_Resistance_Public_Administration_Under_Mutating_Populisms_in_Office_in_Italy 12.0_pp_76_99_Illiberal_Transformation_of_Government_Bureaucracy_in_a_Fragile_Democracy_The_Case_of_Hungary 13.0_pp_100_126_Public_Administration_in_Poland_in_the_Times_of_Populist_Drift 14.0_pp_127_150_Technocratic-Populist_Mayors_and_Public_Administration_in_Three_European_Cities 15.0_pp_151_177_Populism_and_the_Deep_State_The_Attack_on_Public_Service_Under_Trump 16.0_pp_178_199_Doublespeak_Populism_and_Public_Administration_The_Case_of_Mexico 17.0_pp_200_220_Venezuela_Sidelining_Public_Administration_Under_a_Revolutionary-Populist_Regime 18.0_pp_221_245_Working_Shirking_and_Sabotage_in_Times_of_Democratic_Backsliding_An_Experimental_Study_in_Brazil 19.0_pp_246_266_Public_Administration_How_to_Respond_to_Populism_and_Democratic_Backsliding 20.0_pp_267_284_Conclusions_Public_Administration_Under_the_Rule_of_Democratic_Backsliders 21.0_pp_285_325_References 22.0_pp_326_338_Index