Definition
Bureaucracy: an organization system of order, functional specialization, and formal rules and operating procedures aimed at accomplishing goals; stands for order and stability, institutional continuity, and organizational values of efficiency, effectiveness, and fairness.
Democracy: a political system of governance and government based on fair representations through elections, institutional checks and balances, and democratic values of responsiveness, responsibility, and representation.
Introduction
Bureaucracy has proven to be one of the oldest, most resilient, and most enduring institutions in history. As the most powerful instrument of government and governance, it has survived millennia of political and social changes, revolutions, and upheavals from the dawn of...
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Farazmand, A. (2016). Bureaucracy, Bureaucratic Politics, and Democracy. In: Farazmand, A. (eds) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_3076-1
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