The Future of Merit
Subtitle: Twenty Years after the Civil Service Reform Act (Woodrow Wilson Center Press)
Contributors: James P. Pfiffner (Editor); Douglas A. Brook (Editor)
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: September 12, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780801864650
Subjects: Central government policies; Civil service & public sector; Local government; Politics / Current Events; Civil service reform; Political Science; United States; Politics/International Relations; USA; Government - U.S. Government; Public Affairs & Administration; Public Policy - General; Political Science / Public Policy; Civil Service; Careers - General
First sentence: As the scope and roles of the U.S. government changed in the twentieth century, so did the role and legitimacy of the public service.