A demand-side perspective on the importance of representative bureaucrecy : AIDS, ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation
By: THIELEMANN, Gregory S
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Contributor(s): STEWART, Joseph Jr.
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ArticlePublisher: Malden, MA : Blackwell Publishers, mar./apr.1996Public administration review: PAR 56, 2, p. 168-173Abstract: Is there a demand for a representative bureaucrecy? Prior research on representative bureacreucy assumes that it is a good to be supplied that will result in a better-served, more-satisfied clientele. If anyone should care about the representativeness of a service delivery agency, it should be persons living with AIDS (PLWAs), whose lives can be extended and improved by taking advantage of services offered. Gregory S. Thielemann and Joseph Stewart, Jr., surveyed 510 PLWAs in dallas and found that, although there are some significant differences between groups, PLWAs clearly exhibit a demand for a representative bureaucracy, particularly among personnel who actually provide services. These findings demonstrate the importance of representative bureaucrecy and have implications specifically for the provisions of AIDS services.
Is there a demand for a representative bureaucrecy? Prior research on representative bureacreucy assumes that it is a good to be supplied that will result in a better-served, more-satisfied clientele. If anyone should care about the representativeness of a service delivery agency, it should be persons living with AIDS (PLWAs), whose lives can be extended and improved by taking advantage of services offered. Gregory S. Thielemann and Joseph Stewart, Jr., surveyed 510 PLWAs in dallas and found that, although there are some significant differences between groups, PLWAs clearly exhibit a demand for a representative bureaucracy, particularly among personnel who actually provide services. These findings demonstrate the importance of representative bureaucrecy and have implications specifically for the provisions of AIDS services.
Public administration review PAR
March/April 1996 Volume 56 Number 2
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