Drawing on a cost–benefit approach, policy dismantling literature typically examines case
studies following omitted and blame‐avoidance strategies, which contrasts with the highly …

What happens to democratic administration when populists come to power? This article
depicts the contours of the debate within the discipline of Public Administration (PA) about …

The paper critically reviews the consequences of a bifurcation of Political Science and
Public Administration. This divorce of two closely related academic fields has removed …

Employing loyal external appointees has been identified as a key strategy used by
incumbents to gain control over the state bureaucracy. This phenomenon is known as …

Much has been said theoretically about whether populism corrects the limitations of
democracies, or instead damages their foundations. Yet we still know very little about how …

A ascensão de lideranças autoritárias de extrema direita nas democracias contemporâneas
catalisou processos de retrocesso democrático com profundas e diversas implicações …

Jon Pierre and Guy Peters expertly guide the reader through governance–one of the most
widely used terms in political science–and its differing interpretations, with comprehensive …

Liberal democracy has become vulnerable to illiberal political movements and the gradual
erosion of democratic institutions. To safeguard liberal democracy, we propose the concept …

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 …

Unpacking the 'crisis of democracy'and what is means and does to policy processes is a
new and ever-growing agenda. This paper uses the case of Brazil to examine bureaucratic …