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Francis Fukuyama on Valuing the Deep State (2023 ASPA Donald C. Stone Lecture)

Democracy IRL

CHAPTER

The Power of Delegation in Military Command Structures

Bureaucrats often have knowledge and expertise that the political principles lack. Delegation has been attacked by conservatives under various headings, such as a supposed non-delegation doctrine. In East Asia, you have a very strong Chinese cultural tradition of respect for educated bureaucrats. The United States in a way is an outlier among developed countries where there has always been a deep suspicion of delegated authority.

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