Meaning of kludgeocracy | Babel Free

Definitions

A government characterized by complex, inefficient, and ad-hoc solutions to problems.

countable, informal, uncommon, uncountable

Examples

“Neither party is immune from the costs of policy complexity: the interests of both liberals and conservatives are ill-served by kludgeocracy.”

“Teles suggests that our kludgeocracies be scrubbed clean of regulatory language that obscures rather than enlightens.”

“Despite the complexity and hidden difficulties in our “kludgeocracy,” much can be achieved. By adopting the best principles and practices to be learned from great leaders, today’s public sector leaders can themselves do great work and make great contributions to the nation.”

“Mike Lind may not agree with much of what is in this book, but his support for Steve's writing on kludgeocracy is a major influence on this book’s argument.”

“The institutional separation in Unites States between executive and legislature is also accused of emergence of “kludgeocracy,” but the phenomenon is equally true in administrative practices of developing nations like India.”

CEFR level