WEEK 7: Bureaucratic Leadership (Leadership continues )
A public household in general and public resource allocation in particular would be impossible without the existence of a structure of bureaux at various levels of government making and implementing decisions as to which goods and services are to be supplied in what amounts to various groups of citizens/consumers. Public resource redistribution depends on the existence of administrative personnel who handle transfer payment tasks in accordance with a publicly enacted system of rules. In the welfare states the role of bureaux is extensive as a considerable part of the total resources is allocated over the budget (Dunleavy, 1985, 1991).