Bureaucratic Networks and Appointments: Evidence from Brazil

• In Event: Personnel Politics in Comparative Perspective

Brief Overview

We theorize that these personal networks may affect career progression in government through three channels: information diffusion and relationship building; “old boys' networks” and favoritism; and political patronage.

Authors

• Martin J. Williams, University of Oxford

• Julien Bernard Labonne, University of Oxford

• Pedro Masson Souza, Brazilian School of Public Administration