Political Capital and Bureaucratic Autonomy: Evidence from Union Leadership in Indian Municipal Bureaucracies

• In Event: Patronage, Power and Autonomy in Bureaucratic Politics

Brief Overview

Paper revisits the role of politics in bureaucracy through an empirical context where career civil servants have strong political affiliations. It proposes that political affiliation serves as political capital that enhances bureaucratic autonomy.

Author

• Aditya Unnikrishnan, Duke University