Those who implement policies have the discretion to shape democratic values. Public administration is not policy administered, but democracy administered.

Anthony Bertelli is the Sherwin-Whitmore Professor in Liberal Arts, Pennsylvania State University, and Professor of Political Science, Bocconi University. He is the author of five books including Madison's Managers: Public Administration and the Constitution (2006), is a member of the National Academy of Public Administration, and winner of the Herbert Simon Award for career contributions to the study of bureaucracy.

1. Democracy from administration; 2. Accountability values; 3. Process values; 4. Governance structures and democratic values; 5. The value reinforcement hypothesis; 6. The complementarity principle; Further problems for democracy administered.