What Determines American Citizens' Views of the Administrative State? The Complex Interactions of “Bureaucracy Bashing” with Individual Belief Systems

• In Event: Policy Attitudes and Opinions on the State

Brief Overview

We argue that, because many Americans view bureaucracies as maintaining rather than attenuating group-based hierarchies, individuals' levels of social dominance orientation and egalitarianism are moderators of evaluations of the administrative state.

Authors

• Edgar V Cook, Duke University

• Jan P. Vogler, University of Konstanz