Populist, illiberal, or outright autocratic movements threaten democracies worldwide,
particularly when such extreme political forces gain control of executive power. For public …

The legitimacy of democracy and civil rights is based upon laws and administrative
procedures. The presence of a legal framework and its application by bureaucrats in their …

The long-standing discussion of the politics-administration dichotomy is as relevant in
contemporary public administration as at any time in the past. The significant changing …

The global experience of political polarization, and politicians' attacks on democratic
institutions, render individuals' identification with the governing coalition, or with its …

The Bolsonaro government has fueled a false and pernicious discursive contradiction
between economic growth and environmental preservation. Environmentalists may have felt …

This special issue investigates the impact of populism and democratic backsliding on street‐
level bureaucracy (SLB) across various countries and contexts. The cooccurrence of …

How do the professional backgrounds of senior bureaucrats affect their competence and
political responsiveness? This article fills a gap by examining these questions in a …

This article analyses bureaucratic militarization in Brazil under the presidency of Jair
Bolsonaro as illiberal transformation from within, constituting a specific modus of democratic …

Strategic program management (SPM) is an approach for advancing the aspirations of
programs and their impact. While programs are omnipresent in government, concerns exist …

Can civil servants protect the administrative state from illiberal populism? We argue that
bureaucratic success in fending off illiberal populism necessitates both a supportive …