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Minority Groups in Public Bureaucracies

Are Passive and Active Representation Linked?

Department of Political Science University of Georgia

Do minority civil servants actively represent the minority community more than white officials do ? Many observers express doubts. Clearly, there are formidable barriers to nonwhite civil servants acting as representatives of their racial groups. Nonetheless, existing evidence suggests that nonwhite officials do serve in this capacity under certain circumstances. A major task for students of public administration is to specify what these circumstances are. The author notes several societal and job related factors which increase prospects that minority officials will actively represent their racial communities.

Administration & Society, Vol. 8, No. 2, 201-226 (1976)
DOI: 10.1177/009539977600800206


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