Abstract

INDA, Graciela. Theoretical Itineraries on Bureaucracy and Politics: From Weberian Tension to Compromise Solutions. Desafíos [online]. 2021, vol.33, n.2, pp.39-71.  Epub Apr 05, 2022. ISSN 0124-4035.  https://doi.org/10.12804/revistas.urosario.edu.co/desafios/a.8553.

This work aims to identify the most relevant approaches that the link between state bureaucracy and politics can take within the space opened by Weber's classic intervention. I seek to contribute to the construction of a cartography that locates the changing discursive hegemonies in the academic field. First, I analyze the Weberian formulation that alludes to a complementary tension between administrative cadre and political practice. Afterwards, I identify six distinct, but non-exhaustive, theoretical strategies or directions: one that conceives of bureaucracy as a space crossed by internal political tensions that condition its role in relation to politics; one that defines bureaucracy as a force that intervenes guided by its own interests; one which sees in technocracy a new politically dominant class or elite; one that maintains that politicians and bureaucrats are interdependent actors; and a perspective that delimits bureaucrats as strategic managers with political capabilities.

Keywords : Weber; theoretical approaches; bureaucracy; State; autonomy; interdependence.

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