Inadequate control over government administrative process

Under the conditions of the modern state, legislatures increasingly delegate authority to administrative agencies. With the consequent proliferation of governmental functions and reliance on expertise, the difficulties not only of parliamentary but also of executive control over the administrative process mount. Elected representatives are too few in number in comparison with the officials under their authority, less expert than the latter, and their control necessarily restricted to spot checks on performance.

1. Inadequate system of political checks and balances

1. Disproportionate administrative overhead costs in programmes

1. Secret armies
2. Lack of professional standards
3. Inefficient public administration
4. Inadequate management of government finances
5. Government failure to meet commitments
6. Covert violation of international treaties
7. Covert smear campaigns by government
8. Covert intelligence agency operations
9. Abuse of bureaucratic procedures

1. Underdeveloped administrative abilities
2. Inadequate public finance statistics
3. Abdication of government ministerial control

1. Politicization of public service
2. Excessive government control

1. Political opposition to administrative action

1. Unchecked state autonomy

1. Reducing government secrecy
2. Providing sufficient administrative control
3. Providing inadequate control over government administrative process
4. Maintaining political oversight
5. Improving control over government administrative process
6. Eroding of political control
7. Controlling government covert operations
8. Abstaining from administrative control

1. Covert
2. Oversight
3. Inadequacy
4. Lack
5. Erosion