This book addresses an important issue and debate in public administration: the politicization of civil service systems and personnel. Using a comparative framework the authors address issues such as compensation, appointments made from outside the civil service system, anonymity, partisanship and systems used to handle appointees of prior administrations in the US, Canada, Germany, France, Britain, New Zealand, Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain and Greece.
Author(s): B. Guy Peters
Edition: 1
Year: 2004
Language: English
Pages: 312
Politicization of the Civil Service in Comparative Perspective......Page 1
Contents......Page 3
Figures......Page 4
Tables......Page 5
Contributors......Page 7
Acknowledgements......Page 9
1Politicization of the civil service......Page 10
2Political responsiveness in a merit bureaucracy......Page 24
3Politicization of the Swedish civil service......Page 51
4The politicization of the German
civil service......Page 65
5Politicization of the civil service in France......Page 90
6The British civil service Examining the question of politicisation......Page 111
7Politicization in the United States......Page 135
8The search for a responsive bureaucracy in Canada......Page 149
9Dire expectations but subtle transformations?......Page 169
10Politicization in the Belgian civil service......Page 187
11Dutch government reform and the quest for political control......Page 216
12Politicisation of the Spanish civil service......Page 237
13Two faces of politicization of the civil service......Page 267
14Conclusion: Political control in a managerialist world......Page 293
