Civil Service Systems in Western Europe

Civil Service Systems in Western Europe
ISBN-10
1840646071
ISBN-13
9781840646078
Category
Political Science / Public Affairs & Administration
Pages
293
Language
English
Published
2000
Publisher
Edward Elgar
Authors
A. J. G. M. Bekke, Hans A. G. M. Bekke, Frits M. Meer

Description

Civil Service Systems in Western Europe presents a comprehensive overview of the important issues in modern bureaucracies and provides a comparative analysis of the civil service systems of nine Western European nations. In each chapter expert contributors examine a country specific case study and employ a neo-institutional framework, combined with extensive empirical research, to emphasise the specific nature and development of civil service systems, paying special attention to the current features of each country's civil service.

The authors focus initially on the structural dimensions of civil service systems, which are explored through themes such as internal labour markets and reform and diffusion. The interface between civil service systems and their political and social environment is studied by analysing issues such as representativeness, politicisation and public opinion, whilst the dynamic nature of civil service systems is emphasised by examining their historical development. The authors conclude by comparing the civil service systems discussed in the book, attempting to find parallels and variations between them and proposing possible explanations for the development of these similarities and differences.

This comprehensive book will prove popular with scholars and students of public administration, political science and international affairs as well as civil servants, politicians and policymakers.

Get the book

Amazon.com
Amazon.com
Search the book
eBay.com
eBay.com
Search the book

Similar books

  • 改革政府
    改革政府
    By 戴维·奥斯本, 特德·盖布勒

    本书对美国无论是公营部门还是私营公司十分严重的官僚主义现象，开出了十种“药方”，而作者提出最主要的办法就是用“企业家精神”来克服官僚主义，即政府要讲究实效，按效 ...

  • A Call to Civic Service: National Service for Country and Community
    A Call to Civic Service: National Service for Country and Community
    By Charles C. Moskos

    Joyce Seltzer , my editor , and other members of the Free Press staff performed superhuman labors to publish the manuscript in rapid ... John J. Mearsheimer , Sam C. Sarkesian , David R. Segal , John Alden Williams , and Frank R. Wood .

  • Saving the Mail: How to Solve the Problems of the U.S. Postal Service
    Saving the Mail: How to Solve the Problems of the U.S. Postal Service
    By Rick Geddes, R. Richard Geddes

    ... Jr. Resident Scholar Randall Lutter Resident Scholar John H. Makin Resident Scholar ; Director , Fiscal Policy Studies Allan H. Meltzer Visiting Scholar Joshua Muravchik Resident Scholar Charles Murray Bradley Fellow Michael Novak ...

  • Sir Humphrey's Legacy: Facing Up to the Cost of Public Sector Pensions
    Sir Humphrey's Legacy: Facing Up to the Cost of Public Sector Pensions
    By Philip Booth, Neil Record, Nick Silver

    The Benefits or Costs of EU Membership Brian Hindley & Martin Howe Occasional Paper 99 ( new edition ) ; ISBN 0 255 36502 0 £ 10.00 Buckingham at 25 Freeing the Universities from State Control Edited by James Tooley Readings 55 ; ISBN 0 ...

  • A Casebook of Alternative Governance Structures and Organizational Forms
    A Casebook of Alternative Governance Structures and Organizational Forms
    By Sheila Nataraj Kirby, Michael Hynes, Jennifer Sloan McCombs

    This study is a short-term effort examining alternative ways that government can carry out its activities.

  • The American Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies for 1993
    The American Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies for 1993
    By Patt Leonard, Rebecca Routh

    This bibliography, first published in 1957, provides citations to North American academic literature on Europe, Central Europe, the Balkans, the Baltic States and the former Soviet Union. Organised by discipline,...

  • Government by the People: The Dynamics of American National Government
    Government by the People: The Dynamics of American National Government
    By James MacGregor Burns, Jack Walter Peltason

    Since 1937 , and especially since 1954 , as a result of the Warren Court's active defense of individual liberties , liberals insist that in Supreme Court rachels CHAPTER 19 The Judges 465 protecting fundamental constitutional guarantees ...

  • Public Expenditure Review of Armenia
    Public Expenditure Review of Armenia
    By World Bank, Armenia, Lev M. Freinkman

    Comments and suggestions were provided by Konstantin Atanesyan , Ani Balabanyan , David Davtian , Mohammad Reza Ghasimi , Karen Grigorian , Susanna Hayrapetyan , Artak Kyurumyan , Heath McDonald , Naira Melkumyan , Gayane Minasyan ...

  • 腐败：人性与文化
    腐败：人性与文化
    By （美）迪特尔·哈勒, （新西兰）克里斯·肖尔

    美国房产协会(始于20 世纪20年代)与像莱维特这类在意识形态上反共的开发商一起,鼓励在使用非工会劳动力的工厂里生产预制装配式房屋。这对建筑行业中的工会极为不利。与此同时,低成本房屋的产量不断增大,顺应了日益增长的需求。

  • 中国问责：十年风雨路
    中国问责：十年风雨路
    By 韩志明

    广泛参与——网络问责的基础某一事件虽然被网络曝光,但如果没有得到足够的跟帖、BBS、博客、微博讨论,那就意味着公众对这件事缺乏足够的兴趣,这件事也就很容易石 沉大海,而不能产生足够的问责力量。换言之,网络问责必须靠人多势众来制造影响力,获得社会公众 ...