SPECIAL REVIEW ARTICLE SECTION What Is a Big Bureaucracy? Reflections on Rebuilding Leviathan and Runaway State-building Cover Image

What Is a Big Bureaucracy? Reflections on Rebuilding Leviathan and Runaway State-building
SPECIAL REVIEW ARTICLE SECTION What Is a Big Bureaucracy? Reflections on Rebuilding Leviathan and Runaway State-building

Author(s): Scott Gehlbach
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: AV ČR - Akademie věd České republiky - Sociologický ústav

Summary/Abstract: The theoretical justifi cation for economies of scale in state administration is straightforward: administrative labour is a critical input into public-goods production, and the consumption and distribution of public goods are characterised by economies of scale.

  • Issue Year: 44/2008
  • Issue No: 06
  • Page Range: 1189-1197
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: English
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