Democracy Argument Analysis

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Democracy is what the foundation that the United States is built on. Our founding fathers wanted to be sure that all (white, land owning men) who entered this country were able to have equal rights to the government. Democracy has been defined many times in many different ways but they all boil down to the Cambridge dictionary definition: “the belief in freedom and equality between people, or a system of government based on this belief, in which power is either held by electedrepresentatives or directly by the people themselves”(“Democracy Definition,” 2015). When looking at the inner workings of Public Administration this refers to how those working within it are placed in the jobs, a democratic look at public administration means that those …show more content…
Mosher speaks to how at times those who enter Public Administration through bureaucracy are more loyal to their jobs because they have to earn their places and growth. Public service during the time this article was written was going through a lot of changes and thus had a lot of younger people filling jobs and working their way up. Another thing Mosher points out that is contrary to Hummel is that he has noticed that those who work within the bureaucratic system create more bonds with their clients unlike those that are elected and are always trying to get re-elected(Mosher, 1938). Lastly, Mosher speaks to how in a bureaucracy system those without money can have the same chances theoretically as those without and how this can foster loyalty and leadership. Equality is hard within a democratic system that runs on campaign funds that total more than the average salary of the United States, “Loyalty to ones service and loyalty to ones fellows, I would conclude, much easier to engender where the pecuniary motive does not enter”(1938, p. 337). Burke and Cleary come to a lot of the same conclusions about the responsibility that those in the bureaucratic system feel towards their customers. Also they speak about how the bureaucratic system unlike the democratic system can allow for opposing morals to work together in a way that bipartisan politics does not(Burke & Cleary, 1989). Bureaucracy, for those who wish to use it as a system for Public Administration, will allow; leadership, equality, relationships with customers and moral