While populism challenges the pluralism and technocratic expertise on which public bureaucracies are based, extant scholarship has overlooked its effects on accountability processes. In particular, it neglects the impact of anti-elite rhetoric, characterized by what can be regarded as “emotionalized blame attribution,” on the thinking and behavior of accountability actors. Responding to this gap, this article examines the impact of this distinctive form of populist rhetoric on accountability relationships within the bureaucratic state. It identifies three “stages” whereby these populist pressures challenge accountability relationships, threaten the reputation of accountability actors, and result in alternative accountability practices. In doing so, the article provides a roadmap for assessing the impact of anti-elite rhetoric on accountability actions.

虽然民粹主义挑战了公共官僚机构所基于的多元化和技术专家专长，但现有的学术研究却忽视了它对问责程序的影响。特别是，它忽略了反精英言论对问责行为者的思想和行为的影响，其特点是可以被视为“情感化的责备归因”。针对这一差距，本文研究了这种独特形式的民粹主义言论对官僚国家内部问责关系的影响。它确定了三个“阶段”，即这些民粹主义压力挑战问责关系、威胁​​问责参与者的声誉并导致替代问责实践。在这样做，