idea im turning over dignified institutions: Congress, presidency efficient institutions: courts, bureaucracy here of course I use these descriptors in strict parallel to Bagehot. and extremely not in their casual sense
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what's interesting is that the bureaucracy in particular is defined by a kind of lack of agency and initiative. not to mention intense self-interest so if you cede most governing power to a bureaucracy you shouldnt be surprised by govt sclerosishttps://samoburja.com/how-to-use-bureaucracies/ …
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government justified by presenting results to an electorate vs government justified by following a scripthttps://twitter.com/eshear/status/1430947734144446468?s=19 …
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Emmett ShearVerified account @eshearReplying to @eigenrobot“Efficient organizations” by your definition are ones that are required to explain their decisions (judges write lengthy decisions, bureaucracies at least internally produce vast quantities of formally reasoned paperwork). “Dignified organizations” may simply act, unexplained.1 reply 0 retweets 25 likesShow this thread -
anyway it feels like many (most?) important political decisions are made by the courts at this point. and most routine decisions are handled by independent bureaucracies outside the control of any particular Dignified political actor
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I think your distinction between the bureaucracy and the presidency is problematic; most new policymaking by the bureaucracy is at behest of the presidency, at least team-wise
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I have not actually seen the show but there are a lot of ways in which the subordinates acting autonomously and counter to the executives requests is not actually a good model of the first-order effect. And you can see this even (especially?) in Trump admin regulatory actions.
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so you have some in mind? my impression was that he was undermined at every turn by just about everyone
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in some episodes sir humphrey gets the better of him, and prevents him from implementing his policy, in other episodes the tables are turned
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talking about yes minister not the trump admin lol
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i think maybe it applies either way
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