| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 300 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Routledge studies in governance and public policy ; 7 |
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Routledge studies in governance and public policy ; 7.
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| Contents |
Politicization of the civil service : concepts, causes, consequences / B. Guy Peters and Jon Pierre -- Political responsiveness in a merit bureaucracy : Denmark / Jørgen Grønnegaard Christensen -- Politicization of the Swedish civil service : a necessary evil, or just evil? / Jon Pierre -- The politicization of the German civil service : a three-dimensional portrait of the ministerial bureaucracy / Eckhard Schröter -- Politicization of the civil service in France : from structural to strategic politicization / Luc Rouban -- The British civil service : examining the question of politicisation / Charlotte Sausman and Rachel Locke -- Politicization in the United States / B. Guy Peters -- The search for a responsive bureaucracy in Canada / Donald J. Savoie -- Dire expectations but subtle transformations? : politicisation and the New Zealand civil service / Robert Gregory -- Politicization in the Belgian civil service / Guido Dierickx -- Dutch government reform and the quest for political control / Frits M. van der Meer -- Politicisation of the Spanish civil service : continuity in 1982 and in 1996 / Salvador Parrado Dez -- Two faces of politicization of the civil service : the case of contemporary Greece / Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos -- Conclusion : political control in a managerialist world / B. Guy Peters and Jon Pierre |
| Summary |
Annotation This book addresses an important issue and debate in public administration: the politicization of civil service systems and personnel. Using a comparative framework the authors address issues such as compensation, appointments made from outside the civil service system, anonymity, partisanship and systems used to handle appointees of prior administrations in the US, Canada, Germany, France, Britain, New Zealand, Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain and Greece |
| Analysis |
Politicization |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Civil service -- Political activity.
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Civil service ethics.
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Patronage, Political.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Affairs & Administration.
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Civil service ethics
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Civil service -- Political activity
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Patronage, Political
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Öffentlicher Dienst
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Politisierung
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Internationaler Vergleich
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Overheidspersoneel.
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Politieke activiteit.
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Beroepsethiek.
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Clientélisme -- Etudes comparatives.
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Administration publique -- Aspect politique -- Etudes comparatives.
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Hauts fonctionnaires -- Activité politique -- Etudes comparatives.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Peters, B. Guy
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Pierre, Jon
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| ISBN |
0203799852 |
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9780203799857 |
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9780415700252 |
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0415700256 |
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9786610048908 |
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6610048908 |
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9781135996260 |
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1135996261 |
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9781135996215 |
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1135996210 |
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9781135996253 |
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1135996253 |
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9781138874558 |
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1138874558 |
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