Politicization of the civil service in comparative perspective
Subtitle: the quest for control
By: edited by B. Guy Peters and Jon Pierre.
Contributors: Peters, B. Guy.; Pierre, Jon.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2004
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
Subjects: Civil service -- Political activity.; Civil service ethics.; Patronage, Political.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Politicization of the civil service : concepts, causes, consequences / B. Guy Peters and Jon Pierre; title: Political responsiveness in a merit bureaucracy / Joergen Gronnegaard Christensen; title: Politicization of the Swedish civil service : a necessary evil, or just evil? / Jon Pierre; title: The politicization of the German civil service : a three-dimensional portrait of the ministerial bureaucracy / Eckhard Schroeter; title: Politicization of the civil service in France : from structural to strategic politicization / Luc Rouban; title: The British civil service : examining the question of politicisation / Charlotte Dargie and Rachel Locke; title: Politicization in the United States / B. Guy Peters; title: The search for a responsive bureaucracy in Canada / Donald J. Savoie; title: Dire expectations but subtle transformations? : politicisation and the New Zealand civil service / Robert Gregory; title: Politicization in the Belgian civil service / Guido Dierickx; title: Dutch government reform and the quest for political control / Frits M. van der Meer; title: Politicisation of the Spanish civil service : continuity in 1982 and in 1996 / Salvador Parrado Dez; title: Two faces of politicization of the civil service : the case of contemporary Greece / Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos; title: Conclusion : political control in a managerialist world / B. Guy Peters and Jon Pierre.