Title

Administrators As Deliberative Representatives: A Revised Public Service Role

Keywords

bureaucratic responsiveness; deliberative democracy; public participation; representative bureaucracy

Abstract

We suggest a role for public administrators as deliberative representatives. The goal is to apply a re-conceptualization of representation within the context of public administration based on a literature review on the following concepts: 1) representative democracy, (2) representative bureaucracy, and (3) deliberative democracy. We find that dominant models of representative democracy are ill suited for ensuring the true interests of citizens and communities are met and that representative bureaucracy is not satisfactory to address the failings of representative democracy. Finding promise in deliberative democracy models, we consider how the re-conceptualization of representation for the administrative role might shape the advancement of public participation in order to enhance the quality of representation. Specifically, a fourth construction is defined to add to the list of three above: deliberative representation. © 2012 Copyright Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

Publication Date

12-1-2012

Publication Title

International Journal of Public Administration

Volume

35

Issue

14

Number of Pages

925-933

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1080/01900692.2010.532847

Socpus ID

84869169206 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84869169206

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