Roundtable: Representation & Electoral Systems Featured Books Event - States Against Nations: Meritocracy, Patronage, and The Challenges of Bureaucratic Selection

Session Submission Type: Roundtable

Brief Overview

States Against Nations: Meritocracy, Patronage, and The Challenges of Bureaucratic Selection (Cambridge University Press)
Auhtor: Nicholas Kuipers

Kuipers questions meritocratic recruitment as ideal bureaucratic selection. While civil service reform is seen as admirable state-building, it can undermine nation-building. In countries with high group-based inequality, privileged groups outperform marginalized groups on entrance exams, leading to disproportionate representation. This exacerbates intergroup tensions and undermines nation-building. Drawing on surveys, experiments, and archival documents, the book provides perspective on bureaucratic recruitment challenges.

Section

• 02. Representation & Electoral Systems

Cosponsor

• 84. Working Groups (In House)

Chair

• Tanushree Goyal, Princeton University

Participants

• Nicholas Kuipers, Princeton University

• Aditya Dasgupta, University of California, Merced

• Peng Peng, Washington University in St Louis

• Jan Henryk Pierskalla, The Ohio State University, Main Campus

• Ian R. Turner, Yale University