Relation Between Bureaucracy and Democracy and the Problem of Bureaucratic Control by the Elected

In this paper the discussions made on political/democratic control of bureaucracy in international literature, as well as the theories proposed and models developed. the paper aims at focusing on the theoretical aspects of the issue avoiding the patterns of supervising administration such as parliamentary investigations or ombudsman which are envisaged in administrative or constitutional law. the manner with which democratic control of bureaucracy will be ensured is a long-discussed phenomenon; principal-agent theory, representative bureaucracy approach, administrative procedures and politicization of bureaucracy can be recommended as solutions to this problem. each of these methods carry the risk of divergence from ideal bureaucratic type, but this is an acceptable price if public sovereignty is to be reflected on administration.