Title: American public service : radical reform and the merit system /
Authors: Bowman, James S., 1945-; West, Jonathan P. 1941-
Publisher: CRC Press,
Year: 2007
Subjects: Civil service United States.; Public administration United States
Contents: Merit systems in flux -- Changes in state civil service systems: a national survey / Steven W, Hays and Jessica E. Sowa -- Framing civil service innovations: assessing state and local government reforms / R. Paul Battaglio, Jr. and Stephen E. Condrey -- At-will employment: origins, applications, exceptions, and expansions in public service / Sally C. Gertz -- Is patronage a problem? -- Bringing back Boss Tweed: could at-will employment work in state and local government and, if so, where? / Robert Maranto and Jeremy Johnson -- The demonization of patronage: folk devils and the Boston Globe's coverage of the 9/11 terrorist attacks / Domonic A. Bearfield -- State cases of civil service reform -- Ending civil service protections in Florida government: experiences in state agencies / James S. Bowman and Jonathan P. West -- At-will employment in government: its impact in the State of Texas / Jerrell D. Coggburn -- The attraction to at-will employment in Utah governments / Richard Green, Robert Forbis, Jennifer Robinson, Stephen Nelson, Jennifer Seelig, and Angela Stefaniak -- Future reform issues -- Dissin' the deadwood or coddling the incompetents? patterns and issues in employee discipline and dismissal in the states / Richard C. Elling and Lyke Thompson -- At-will employment and racial equality in the public sector: the demise of a niche? / George Wilson -- Federal labor-management under George W. Bush: enlightened management or political retribution? / James R. Thompson.