Exploring mid-level bureaucracy: a tentative typology

• Autor(a) principal: Cavalcante, Pedro L.C.
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Outros Autores: Lotta, Gabriela S., Yamada, Erika M.K.
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Ciência Política (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/rbcp/article/view/18911
• topic: mid-level bureaucrat; typology; policymaking

The paper’s main goal is to present an original typology of bureaucrats,situated in intermediate layer of the civil service structure. This specifcset of players, the mid-level bureaucrat (MLB), is seen as a strategicgroup, primarily, because of its connection role and position betweenthe top ofcials and the policy executors. Despite their relevance andwell-known heterogeneity, few studies have explored this diversity andthe effects in the policymaking. In order to fulfll this gap and deepen the understanding of the MLBs, this article proposes a typology that includes crucial dimensions, such as profle, background and performance, and, thus, empirically confrms the heterogeneity assumption in the Brazilian federal civil service.