The Politicization of the Civil Service in Comparative Perspective: A Quest for Control

ISBN-13: 9780415700252 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 312 str.

Professor B. Guy Peters; B. Guy Peters; Jon Pierre

Opis

One of the persistent claims made about the public sector over the past several decades has been that the public service has become more politicized. Addressing this important area of debate within public administration, this book discusses conceptions and measurements of politicization, as well as some of its causes and consequences. Using a comparative framework, the authors collected here confront the issue of politicization, identifying the nature and extent of political involvement and assessing the real impact of any changes on the legitimacy and effectiveness of the political system. The book addresses issues such as: compensation; appointments made from outside the civil service system; anonymity; partisanship; and systems to handle appointees of prior administrations. This useful study contains case studies of the US, Canada, Germany, France, Sweden, Denmark, Britain, New Zealand, Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain and Greece. It should appeal to all those interested in public administration and the civil service in particular.

Spis treści

1. Politicization of the Civil Service: Concepts, Causes, Consequences B. Guy Peters and John Pierre 2. Political Responsiveness in a Merit Bureaucracy Joergen Gronnegaard Christensen 3. Politicization of the Swedish Civil Service: A Necessary Evil - Or Just Evil? Jon Pierre 4. The Politicization of the German Civil Service: A Three-Dimensional Portrait of the Ministerial Bureaucracy Eckhard Schroeter 5. Politicization of the Civil Service in France: From Structural to Strategic Politicization Luc Rouban 6. The British Civil Service: Examining the Question of Politicisation Charlotte Dargie and Rachel Locke 7. Politicization in the United States B. Guy Peters 8. The Search for a Responsive Bureaucracy in Canada Donald J. Savoie

O autorze

B. Guy Peters, Jon Pierre