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Representative Bureaucracy and Performance: Public Service Transformation in South Africa: Executive Politics and Governance

Autor Sergio Fernandez
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"Representative Bureaucracy and Performance: Public Service Transformation in South Africa is a first-rate blend of quantitative and qualitative analysis of one of the major transitions in modern governance. Fernandez makes a major theoretical contribution to the literature on representative bureaucracy in demonstrating how descriptive representation translates into both active representation and better performance. His discussion of the crucial role of language and communication brings new insight to the literature on public administration and democracy."
—Kenneth Meier, Distinguished Scholar in Residence, American University

"This study of public sector transformation goes beyond the descriptive qualitative research largely found in South African public administration historiography by undertaking sophisticated quantitative analysis to show that representation of previously historically disadvantaged groups, under certain circumstances, can improve the performance of public organizations. This is an excellent contribution, not only to public administration scholarship in South Africa, but also to the sparse literature on public organizations in developing countries. The book should be of great value to scholars and practitioners of public administration, as well as to students of political science and organizational studies."
—Robert Cameron, Professor, University of Cape Town

"This book provides an excellent analysis of the theory of representative bureaucracy in the context of South African post-apartheid government. South Africa is an important and fascinating case. The work adds substantially to the literature on representative bureaucracy and will be of interest to all who are concerned with the effectiveness of government organizations."
—J. Edward Kellough, Professor, University of Georgia

Governments throughout the world seek to promote employment equity and ensure that bureaucracies are representative of the citizenry. South Africa offers a rare and fascinating case for exploring what happens to bureaucracies as they undergo demographic transformation. Grounded in the theory of representative bureaucracy and using a mixed methods approach, this book explores how major changes in the demographics of the South African public service have affected the performance of the institution. The empirical analysis offers compelling evidence that representative bureaucracies perform better. As public organizations become increasingly representative by hiring historically disadvantaged persons, especially Africans, their performance improves, controlling for a range of factors. Evidence indicates representative bureaucracies perform better because they empathize with and advocate for historically disadvantaged communities, are equipped with linguistic and cultural competencies to serve a diverse citizenry, and can induce compliance, cooperation, and coproduction.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9783030321369
ISBN-10: 3030321363
Pagini: 288
Ilustrații: XVIII, 288 p. 11 illus.
Dimensiuni: 148 x 210 mm
Greutate: 0.4 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2020
Editura: Springer International Publishing
Colecția Palgrave Macmillan
Seria Executive Politics and Governance

Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland

Cuprins

1. Representative Bureaucracy and Performance.- 2. Apartheid and the Bureaucracy.- 3. Addressing the Legacy of Apartheid.- 4. Public Sector Reform and the Quest for a Capable Public Service.- 5. The Theory of Representative Bureaucracy.- 6. Representative Bureaucracy and Performance: Empirical Evidence from South Africa.- 7. Why Do Representative Bureaucracies Perform Better?.- 8. What We Have Learned and the Way Forward.

Notă biografică

Sergio Fernandez is Associate Professor at Indiana University O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, USA. He also serves as Extraordinary Professor at University of Pretoria School of Public Management and Administration, South Africa, and Visiting Professor at University of Johannesburg Centre for Public Management and Governance, South Africa.

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Governments throughout the world seek to promote employment equity and ensure that bureaucracies are representative of the citizenry. South Africa offers a rare and fascinating case for exploring what happens to bureaucracies as they undergo demographic transformation. Grounded in the theory of representative bureaucracy and using a mixed methods approach, this book explores how major changes in the demographics of the South African public service have affected the performance of the institution. The empirical analysis offers compelling evidence that representative bureaucracies perform better. As public organizations become increasingly representative by hiring historically disadvantaged persons, especially Africans, their performance improves, controlling for a range of factors. Evidence indicates representative bureaucracies perform better because they empathize with and advocate for historically disadvantaged communities, are equipped with linguistic and cultural competenciesto serve a diverse citizenry, and can induce compliance, cooperation, and coproduction.

Sergio Fernandez is Associate Professor at Indiana University O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, USA. He also serves as Extraordinary Professor at University of Pretoria School of Public Management and Administration, South Africa, and Visiting Professor at University of Johannesburg Centre for Public Management and Governance, South Africa.

Caracteristici

Elevates the level of debate surrounding affirmative action through rigorous empirical analysis of how the demographics of public organizations affect governmental performance Provides compelling evidence that representative bureaucracies perform better Dispels preconceived notions about the adverse effects of affirmative action in the public sector