In this bureaucratic politics framework, there are several types of power relations
among and between politicians and bureaucrats. First is the relation between
politicians and bureaucrats. Second is the relation among bureaucrats, which can
further be divided into relations between central agencies; between core agencies and
line agencies; between line agencies; between high-level bureaucrats and mid/lowlevel
bureaucrats; and between old-timer bureaucrats and new faces that have been
assigned to the agency as part of the reform. And third is the relation among
politicians. All three relations are interrelated and all effect the direction of reform
policies and the types of managerial tools chosen. The details and examples of each
type of bureaucratic politics relation are elaborated as follows.