Annotated bibliography for essay (‘Bureaucratic organization expands in modern societies to perform many comples tasks efficiently. However, it also generates dysfunctions that lead to alienation and inefficiency’ (Rizer, 2010:80). Analyze this statement).

Reference 1
Whitford, A.B., (2007). A Test of the Political Control of Bureaucracies under Asymmetric Information. Rationality & Society, [e-journal] 20(4), p.445-470. Available from: [Accessed 30 November 2015].

Summary :
The main purpose of this article is to review the logic of the Banks-Weingast prediction about political control of the bureaucracy under asymmetric information, in other words the interaction between informational role of interest groups and institutions as politician seek to control the bureaucracy is investigated. The authors doesn’t claim to take a particular perspective. The author concludes the article by stating that the agenda-setting power of the bureaucrats themselves should be fully addressed.

Evaluation:
I think this journal targets professional readers. One of the weaknesses of this article is that it is very difficult to understand, especially for public readers. A lot of professional terms and concept have been use in this article. I find the text reliable because the author is a professor of public policy who has expertise in public policy and organization studies. Dr. Whitford, the author of this article is an elected Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration and lectured or conducted research in numerous countries such as South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, Germany, and the United Kingdom, among others. Hence, I find his works reliable and trustworthy.

Reflection:
This text provide very supportive information to my essay. Discussion about the application of bureaucracy on politics has enriched my understanding about the working of bureaucracy.