1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910451786903321

Titolo

Politicization of the civil service in comparative perspective [[electronic resource] ] : the quest for control / / edited by B. Guy Peters and Jon Pierre

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2004

ISBN

1-280-04890-5

0-203-79985-2

9786610048908

0-415-70025-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (313 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in governance and public policy ; ; 7

Classificazione

88.30

Altri autori (Persone)

PetersB. Guy

PierreJon

Disciplina

352.6/3

Soggetti

Civil service - Political activity

Civil service ethics

Patronage, Political

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Figures""; ""Tables""; ""Contributors""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""1 Politicization of the civil service""; ""2 Political responsiveness in a merit bureaucracy""; ""3 Politicization of the Swedish civil service""; ""4 The politicization of the German civil service""; ""5 Politicization of the civil service in France""; ""6 The British civil service""; ""7 Politicization in the United States""; ""8 The search for a responsive bureaucracy in Canada""; ""9 Dire expectations but subtle transformations?""; ""10 Politicization in the Belgian civil service""

""11 Dutch government reform and the quest for political control""""12 Politicisation of the Spanish civil service""; ""13 Two faces of politicization of the civil service""; ""14 Conclusion""; ""Index""



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910792240703321

Autore

Candrakīrti

Titolo

Four illusions : Candrakīrti's advice for travelers on the Bodhisattva path / / translation and introduction by Karen C. Lang

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2003

ISBN

0-19-028793-4

9786610482252

1-280-48225-7

1-4237-6319-X

0-19-515113-5

0-19-803442-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 240 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

LangKaren C <1947-> (Karen Christine)

Disciplina

294.3/85

Soggetti

Mādhyamika (Buddhism)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-233) and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Candrakīrti, who lived in India in the 7th century CE, is a major Mahayana Buddhist scholar whose works are studied in modern western universities and traditional Tibetan Buddhist monasteries. This is a translation of the first four chapters of Candrakīrti's commentary on Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas.