The Public Sector in a Democratic Order. Problems and Non-Solutions in the Danish Case

摘要: The literature of the last decade indicates two important lessons for future research. first is that political scientists and scholars in related fields have rediscovered nature ubiquity politics. In particular, they realized neither public administration nor organization theory can solve issues. second lesson growth government has enlarged list actors with addition numerous ‘public’ groups, organizations, institutions. combined message analyses sector policy-making should be sensitive to importance sector. This paper a preliminary attempt (based on elite questionnaire data) map general structure Danish system by focusing interactions among bureaucrats, interest MPs. These elites are further included an analysis expenditure problems, particular emphasis (often neglected) role parties their relationships various groups segments society. emergent overall picture problems presumably cannot ‘solved’ within framework democratic polity.