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Record Nr.

UNINA9910377841303321

Titolo

The Palgrave Handbook of the Public Servant [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Helen Sullivan, Helen Dickinson, Hayley Henderson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2020

ISBN

3-030-03008-3

Disciplina

320.6

Soggetti

Public policy

Comparative politics

Political science

Political leadership

Political communication

Public administration

Public Policy

Comparative Politics

Governance and Government

Political Leadership

Political Communication

Public Administration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- In the beginning – philosophical foundations and traditions -- Values and motivation -- Public servants - a global view -- Trajectories of reform -- The "Elite" - public servants as policy makers -- The elephant in the room - public servants as regulators -- A growing role - public servants as regulators -- Beyond the center - public servants in the wild -- The virtual world of the public servant -- Integrity and ethics -- representation- public servants in public -- What does the public servant of the future look like? -- Educating the public servants of the future -- Conclusion - the public servant is dead, long live the public servant.



Sommario/riassunto

The Palgrave Handbook of the Public Servant examines what it means to be a public servant in today’s world(s) where globalisation and neoliberalism have proliferated the number of actors who contribute to the public purpose sector and created new spaces that public servants now operate in. It considers how different scholarly approaches can contribute to a better understanding of the identities, motivations, values, roles, skills, positions and futures for the public servant, and how scholarly knowledge can be informed by and translated into value for practice. The book combines academic contributions with those from practitioners so that key lessons may be synthesised and translated into the context of the public servant. .