Abstract
This chapter outlines the processes of power and influence in bureaucratic organizations between and within administrative units (Frederickson 2012; Pfeffer & Fong 2005). In the first section of the book chapter we describe what we understand by politics and processes of influence in an organizational context. Therefore, we shortly introduce and define fundamental terms of our chapter. For instance, it is relevant to understand the relationship between politics and bureaucracy because the extent of processes of power depend on it. Bureaucracy is part of organizational politics or let us say "Bureaucracy is politics" (Frederickson 2012). In this context, it is important to briefly discuss different forms of relationships between politicians, ministers, and bureaucrats which have changed over time (Meier 2020; Peters 2019). Furthermore, we need to understand bureaucracy from an organizational viewpoint in order to categorize different forms of politics such as politics within or between administrative organizations at the organizational/structural and individual/personal level. If possible we will develop an overarching framework in order to clarify the various perspectives on politics of bureaucratic organizations.
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