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The paper argues that the traditional principal-agent model in public bureaucracy overlooks the political power that bureaucrats can wield, particularly through public sector unions, which allows them to influence the election of their political superiors. This dynamic alters the control relationship, as elected officials may be incentivized to act in favor of bureaucrats rather than exerting strict control. The author calls for a reorientation of the theory to better account for this political capacity of
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- jockinosamuel55
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