LEADER 03768nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910452465303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-674-07003-8 010 $a0-674-06518-2 024 7 $a10.4159/harvard.9780674065185 035 $a(CKB)2550000001039415 035 $a(EBL)3301266 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000860409 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11542442 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000860409 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10896051 035 $a(PQKB)10985080 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3301266 035 $a(DE-B1597)178188 035 $a(OCoLC)1041188322 035 $a(OCoLC)835640157 035 $a(OCoLC)840443658 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674065185 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3301266 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10678697 035 $a(OCoLC)923119911 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001039415 100 $a20111021d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aJobs for the boys$b[electronic resource] $epatronage and the state in comparative perspective /$fMerilee S. Grindle 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cHarvard University Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (296 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-674-06570-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: Weber's ghost -- A system for all seasons -- Politics in the construction of reform -- Apres reform: deconstruction and reconstruction -- Latin America: patterns of patronage and politics -- Roots and branches -- Crafting reform: elite projects and political moments -- Ambiguous futures: the politics of implementation -- Conclusion: the politics of institutional creation and re-creation. 330 $aPatronage systems in the public service are universally reviled as undemocratic and corrupt. Yet patronage was the prevailing method of staffing government for centuries, and in some countries it still is. In Jobs for the Boys, Merilee Grindle considers why patronage has been so ubiquitous in history and explores the political processes through which it is replaced by merit-based civil service systems. Such reforms are consistently resisted, she finds, because patronage systems, though capricious, offer political executives flexibility to achieve a wide variety of objectives. Grindle looks at the histories of public sector reform in six developed countries and compares them with contemporary struggles for reform in four Latin American countries. A historical, case-based approach allows her to take into account contextual differences between countries as well as to identify cycles that govern reform across the board. As a rule, she finds, transition to merit-based systems involves years and sometimes decades of conflict and compromise with supporters of patronage, as new systems of public service are politically constructed. Becoming aware of the limitations of public sector reform, Grindle hopes, will temper expectations for institutional change now being undertaken. 606 $aCivil service$vCase studies 606 $aPublic officers$xSelection and appointment$vCase studies 606 $aPatronage, Political$vCase studies 606 $aCivil service reform$vCase studies 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCivil service 615 0$aPublic officers$xSelection and appointment 615 0$aPatronage, Political 615 0$aCivil service reform 676 $a324.2/04 700 $aGrindle$b Merilee Serrill$088779 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452465303321 996 $aJobs for the boys$92462701 997 $aUNINA