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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777434203321

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

1-135-99625-3

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

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""