TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wilson,Hall Thomas
TI  - Bureaucratic Representation: Civil Servants and the Future of Capitalist Democracies 
T2  - International Comparative Social Studies
SN  - 9789004397842
AV  - JF1601 
U1  - 351 23
PY  - 2001///
CY  - Leiden; , Boston
PB  - BRILL, 
KW  - Civil service
KW  - Bureaucracy
KW  - Representative government and representation
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Man and Society in an Age of Deconstruction -- 2. Capitalism and Legitimacy -- 3.Legitimacy and Capitalism -- 4. Sovereignty and Legitimacy -- 5 .Capitalism and Democracy -- 6. What the People Do for Capitalism -- 7. Property, Capital and Society -- 8. Public Capital and its Cooptation -- 9.The Public Debt: We Win, You Lose -- 10. Privatization: Hypocrisy Triumphant -- 11. Free Trade: the Supreme Illusion -- 12. Legitimation Crisis? -- Bibliography & References -- Author Index -- Subject Index
N2  - This text discusses the central role of bureaucratic representation as a key vehicle for representing the general interests of most citizens in a way that is consistently superior to electoral systems in representative democracies, particularly large states. Though formal elections remain indispensable, bureaucracies in the capital, public and social sectors, have used their superior expertise and continuity, combined with social policies like affirmative action and equal pay, to achieve responsible discretion and creative implementation
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004397842
ER  -