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The Problem of Representation in Bureaucracy: The Theory of Representative Bureaucracy

BÜROKRASİDE TEMSİL SORUNU: TEMSİLİ BÜROKRASİ YAKLAŞIMI

Gökhan Aşkar(KARABÜK ÜNİVERSİTESİ)0000-0003-2603-0817
Pages
95–104
Publication Date
2019-01-31
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In this study, the suggestions of Representative Bureaucracy on representation in bureaucracy and limitations of the theory will be discussed.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Issues related to democracy and representation play a critical role in the evaluations made on bureaucracy.
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Key Findings & Data:Bureaucracy and democracy are generally thought on the basis of a certain opposition, and problems of bureaucratic processes are assessed by this assumption.
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Conclusion & Impact:In this study, the suggestions of Representative Bureaucracy on representation in bureaucracy and limitations of the theory will be discussed.
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⚙️Variables:Bürokrasi · Demokrasi · Temsil

Abstract

Issues related to democracy and representation play a critical role in the evaluations made on bureaucracy. Bureaucracy and democracy are generally thought on the basis of a certain opposition, and problems of bureaucratic processes are assessed by this assumption. After World War II, the debate on bureaucracy and democracy became the subject of extensive research and evaluation. Democracy began to be seen as the main criteria for bureaucracy, in particular with the dimension of representation. One of the prominent approaches in this period in which bureaucracy is reconsidered within the framework of democracy was the Theory of Representative Bureaucracy. The theory is based on solving social problems through the representation of various social groups in the bureaucracy. In this study, the suggestions of Representative Bureaucracy on representation in bureaucracy and limitations of the theory will be discussed.

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Bürokrasi üzerine yapılan değerlendirmelerde demokrasi ve temsile ilişkin konular önemli bir yer tutmaktadır. Bürokrasi ve demokrasi genellikle belirli bir karşıtlık temelinde düşünülmekte ve bürokratik işleyişe dair sorunlar bu karşıtlık varsayımıyla değerlendirilmektedir. II. Dünya Savaşı sonrasında bürokrasi ve demokrasi tartışması kapsamlı araştırma ve değerlendirmelere konu olmuştur. Demokrasi, özellikle temsil boyutuyla, bürokrasi için de temel ölçüt olarak düşünülmeye başlamıştır. Bürokrasinin demokrasi çerçevesinde yeniden ele alındığı bu süreçte öne çıkan yaklaşımlardan birisi de Temsili Bürokrasi Yaklaşımı’dır. Yaklaşım, çeşitli toplumsal grupların bürokrasi içinde temsil edilmesi yoluyla toplumsal sorunların çözülmesini temel almaktadır. Bu çalışmada Temsili Bürokrasi Yaklaşımı’nın bürokraside temsil konusu üzerine getirdiği çözüm önerileri ve bunların sınırları ele alınacaktır.

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Aşkar, G. (2019). The Problem of Representation in Bureaucracy: The Theory of Representative Bureaucracy. Dumlupınar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, Sayı: 59, 95–104. https://ajindex.com/articles/1387059

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