Public Administration Review· 2012Q1
The Effect of Administrative Burden on Bureaucratic Perception of Policies: Evidence from Election Administration
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Short summary
Election administrators who perceive policies as having high administrative burden are more likely to view those policies negatively, even if objectively flawed judgments, and oppose related innovations.
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Key points
- Perceived administrative burden affects administrators' views on policy.
- High burden leads to preference for shifting responsibilities.
- Burdened officials perceive policies as more flawed and less meritorious.
- Perceptions of burden can lead to opposition to policy innovations.
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Abstract
This article argues that administrative burden—that is, an individual's experience of policy implementation as onerous—is an important consideration for administrators and influences their views on policy and governance options. The authors test this proposition in the policy area of election administration using a mixed‐method assessment of local election officials. They find that the perceived administrative burden of policies is associated with a preference to shift responsibilities to others, perceptions of greater flaws and lesser merit in policies that have created the burden (to the point that such judgments are demonstrably wrong), and opposition to related policy innovations .
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