January 1942
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Public Administration Review
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... This rational and neutral structure of bureaucracy rests on "the belief in the legality of enacted rules and the rights of those elevated to authority under such rules to issue commands" (Weber, 1978, p. 215). Levitan (1942) identified two foundational propositions of neutrality: (1) civil servants abstain from participation in partisan politics, and (2) civil servants are ethically responsible for implementing policy decisions regardless of the political party in power. These two propositions require administrators to refrain from conflating politics and administration and adopt positions and behaviors proven to be destructive. ...
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January 1942
Public Administration Review