Understanding minister-beraucrat relations :
By: Laffin, Martin
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ArticlePublisher: Oxford : Blackwell Publishers Limited, March 1997Australian Journal of Public Administration 56, 1, p. 45-58Abstract: The study of public management has remained theoretically limited. This article tests out the value of a multi-theoretical approach as applied to one area of public management research - minister-bureaucrat relationships. Three models are identified - agency theory, bureaucratic politics and institutionalism. All three models are shown to provide valuable insights into the relationship and I argue that this example indicates considerable scope for the further development of multi-theoretical approaches within public management
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The study of public management has remained theoretically limited. This article tests out the value of a multi-theoretical approach as applied to one area of public management research - minister-bureaucrat relationships. Three models are identified - agency theory, bureaucratic politics and institutionalism. All three models are shown to provide valuable insights into the relationship and I argue that this example indicates considerable scope for the further development of multi-theoretical approaches within public management
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