Legitimacy crises and the temporal dynamics of bureaucratic representation
Murdoch, Zuzana, Connolly, Sara, Kassim, Hussein and Geys, Ben (2022) Legitimacy crises and the temporal dynamics of bureaucratic representation. Governance, 35 (1). pp. 65-82. ISSN 0952-1895
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Abstract
The representation of specific groups and social interests within (or by) the civil service has long been a concern of public administration scholarship. Yet, much of this literature focuses on representation at a single point in time. In this article, we propose a more dynamic perspective. In terms of theory, we postulate specific temporal relationships between triggering cues (e.g., a crisis event) and the representation decisions of civil servants. We specify two complementary mechanisms underlying these relationships: i.e. a sensemaking process whereby the perceived meaning and relative salience of distinct groups and interests changes over time; and a shift in bureaucrats’ discretion to represent specific groups or interests changes over time. We illustrate these time-dependent processes using interview and survey data from the European Commission.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | crisis,european commission,representative bureaucracy,sensemaking,time,3*,multi-source, mixed method study which makes a novel theoretical contribution ,/dk/atira/pure/researchoutput/REFrank/3_ |
Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Norwich Business School Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Politics, Philosophy, Language and Communication Studies University of East Anglia > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Political, Social and International Studies |
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Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
Date Deposited: | 09 Dec 2020 01:07 |
Last Modified: | 10 May 2022 00:32 |
URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/77916 |
DOI: | 10.1111/gove.12569 |
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