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representative bureaucracy  

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  • The central tenet of the theory of representative bureaucracy is that passive representation, or the extent to which a bureaucracy reflects or mirrors the demographic characteristics of the population, leads to active representation, or the pursuit of policies reflecting the interests and desires of represented groups. The theory is premised on the belief that such attributes or characteristics lead to certain early socialization experiences that in turn give rise to attitudes, values, and beliefs that ultimately help shape the behavior and decisions of individual bureaucrats. [Source: International Encyclopedia of Political Science; Representative Bureaucracy]

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