A contingency approach to representative bureaucracy: Power, equal opportunities and diversity

International Review of Administrative Sciences

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 239-258

  Groeneveld, Sandra ^a   van de Walle, Steven ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Democracy; Diversity; Equal opportunity; Legitimacy; Nation building; Power; Representative bureaucracy

Indexed keywords

BUREAUCRACY; POLITICAL POWER; STATE BUILDING; STATE ROLE; STATE-LOCAL RELATIONS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 77954266754     PISSN: 00208523     EISSN: 14617226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020852309365670     Document Type: Article

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