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Book SynopsisTrade Review‘Given the ongoing discussions regarding the legitimacy of the public service in relation to both the rise of a multicultural society and of multi-level governance, representative bureaucracy remains of the utmost importance to public administration. This volume consists of apt and perceptive contributions to the debate made by authoritative writers in the field.’ -- Frits van der Meer, Leiden University, the Netherlands
Table of ContentsContents: 1. Delivering Public Services in Multiethnic Societies – The Challenge of Representativeness B. Guy Peters, Eckhard Schröter and Patrick von Maravić 2. The Comparative Study of Representative Bureaucracy – An Analytical Framework B. Guy Peters, Eckhard Schröter and Patrick von Maravić 3. The “Performance Claim’ of Representative Bureaucracy – Does Organization Matter? Eckhard Schröter and Patrick von Maravić 4. Reconsidering Political and Bureaucratic Representation in Modern Government Patrick von Maravić and B. Guy Peters 5. Representative Bureaucracy in a Cross-national Context: Politics, Identity, Structure and Discretion Kenneth J. Meier and Tabitha S.M. Morton 6. Political Patronage, Machine Politics and Ethnic Representativeness in the Public Sector B. Guy Peters 7. Migration and Urban Governance - Challenges for Democratic Legitimacy? Tassilo Herrschel 9. Civic Leadership, and Local Politics in Multi-Cultural Cities Robin Hambleton 10. From Plutocracy to Diversity. The (De-)Construction of Representative Bureaucracy Theory Bas van Gool Bibliography Index
