Rediscovery of bureaucracy and good governance

Readings and class materials for Thursday, September 4, 2025

Readings

•  Summary vs. synthesis

•  (Skim) Johan P. Olsen, “Maybe It Is Time to Rediscover Bureaucracy,” Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 16, no. 1 (January 2005): 1–24, https://doi.org/10.1093/jopart/mui027.

•  Peter Evans and James E. Rauch, “Bureaucracy and Growth: A Cross-National Analysis of the Effects of "Weberian" State Structures on Economic Growth,” American Sociological Review 64, no. 5 (October 1999): 748–65, https://doi.org/10.2307/2657374.

•  Francis Fukuyama, “What Is Governance?” Governance 26, no. 3 (July 2013): 347–68, https://doi.org/10.1111/gove.12035.

•  Sören Holmberg, Bo Rothstein, and Naghmeh Nasiritousi, “Quality of Government: What You Get,” Annual Review of Political Science 12, no. 1 (June 2009): 135–61, https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-polisci-100608-104510.