Representative government, bureaucracy, and political development: the African case

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Title:	Representative government, bureaucracy, and political development: the African case
Author:	Lofchie, M.F.
Year:	1967
Periodical:	Journal of Developing Areas
Volume:	2
Issue:	1
Pages:	37-55
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Africa
Subjects:	parliamentary systems bureaucracy
External links:	https://www.jstor.org/stable/4189437 http://search.proquest.com/pao/docview/1311635469
Abstract:	The idea of institutional imbalance forms the point of departure for this essay. It consists of two propositions: 1. In a large number of new states, representative institutional structures - legislature, parties, and electoral processes - are characterized by extreme weakness and fragility; 2. The bureaucratic sector possessing high functional capability, has gained an overwhelming degree of influence over government policy. The author identifies some of the possible relationships between these two propositions and thus he examines the basic causes of weakness in the representative structures of government and the sources of bureaucratic power.