Peter Ferguson

2 weeks ago | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Peter Ferguson |Amy Nethery |Zim Nwokora |Andrew Young

The rise of the so-called “professional politician” has been widely lamented in both the academic literature and the media. Professional politicians are considered skilled in the techniques of politics, but remote from the interests and concerns of their constituents and uninterested in actual public policy problems, let alone fundamental questions about the public good.