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Bureaucracy

Bureaucracy is a formal organizational structure characterized by a hierarchical chain of command, division of labor, standardized procedures, and impersonal administration, typically found within public institutions and international organizations to ensure rational-legal authority and policy implementation.

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BureaucraciesBureaucratic Organization

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Corruption and Growth

Paolo Mauro · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 1995 · 8.4K citations

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The quality of government

The Journal of Law Economics and Organization · 1999 · 5.7K citations · Full text

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Bureaucracy: what government agencies do and why they do it

Choice Reviews Online · 1990 · 3.9K citations

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Political turnover and economic performance: the incentive role of personnel control in China

Hongbin Li, Li‐An Zhou · Journal of Public Economics · 2004 · 3.6K citations

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Informal Institutions and Comparative Politics: A Research Agenda

Gretchen Helmke, Steven Levitsky · Perspectives on Politics · 2004 · 3.1K citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. KJ
    Kenneth J. Meier

    Texas A&M University, United States

    27 publications · 5K citations

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  2. JT
    Jarle Trondal

    University of Agder, Norway

    16 publications · 918 citations

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  3. JD
    Joel D. Aberbach

    University of Michigan, United States

    17 publications · 1.2K citations

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  4. BA
    Bert A. Rockman

    University of Pittsburgh, United States

    16 publications · 1.5K citations

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  5. BB
    Barry Bozeman

    Georgia Institute of Technology, United States

    13 publications · 1.6K citations

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Institutions

1.5K

  1. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    32 h-index

    56 publications

    10.4K citations

  2. University of Oslo

    Oslo, Norway

    30 h-index

    52 publications

    3.6K citations

  3. London School of Economics and Political Science

    London, United Kingdom

    28 h-index

    46 publications

    3.2K citations

  4. University of Gothenburg

    Gothenburg, Sweden

    25 h-index

    49 publications

    4.1K citations

  5. University of Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh, United States

    25 h-index

    36 publications

    3K citations

  6. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    24 h-index

    46 publications

    3.9K citations

  7. Leiden University

    Leiden, The Netherlands

    24 h-index

    43 publications

    2.2K citations

  8. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    23 h-index

    36 publications

    5.5K citations

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Venues

  1. Public Administration Review

    PAR · 225 publications · 17.9K citations

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  2. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 157 publications · 19.7K citations

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  3. Administrative Science Quarterly

    ASQ · 134 publications · 21K citations

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  4. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory

    JPART · 93 publications · 9.4K citations

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  5. American Political Science Review

    73 publications · 10.1K citations

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