Comparative civil service systems in the 21st century / edited by Frits M. van der Meer, Jos C.N. Raadschelders, and Theo A.J. Toonen.

Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.©2015

Meer, F. M. van der (Frits M.), 1957- editor.

Raadschelders, J. C. N. editor.

Toonen, Th. A. J. editor.

01-01-2015

x, 373 pages ; 22 cm.

text

volume

2nd edition.

352.63 COM (Copy 1) MAIN-MONO 308618 INLIBRARY

Public Service

Comparative government

Reform

Public service accountability

Statistics

International comparisons

Overseas item

Civil service -- Europe.

Civil service -- Cross-cultural studies.

Comparative government.

Civil service -- Examinations -- History -- 21st century.

Revision of: The civil service in the 21st century. Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9781137325785

Machine generated contents note: 1.Civil Service Systems and the Challenges of the 21st Century / Frits M. van der Meet -- 2.Civil Service Development in Central and Eastern Europe and the CIS: A Perfect Storm? / Aleksandra Rabrenovic -- 3.Civil Service Systems in Western Europe: A Comparative Analysis / Anchrit Wille -- 4.Anglophone Systems: Diffusion and Policy Transfer within an Administrative Tradition / John Halligan -- 5.Explaining Civil Service Reform in Asia / John P. Burns -- 6.Africa: Revitalizing Civil Service Systems to Enhance Economic Performance / Dele Olowu -- 7.National Civil Service Systems in Western Europe: The End or Endurance of Weberian Bureaucracy? / Theo A.J. Toonen -- 8.Civil Service Reforms, Public Service Bargains and Dynamics of Institutional Change / Martin Lodge -- 9.Public Service Systems at Subnational and Local Levels of Government: A British--German--French Comparison / Jorg Bogumil -- 10.Middle-Level Officials and Policy / Edward C. Page --Contents note continued: 11.Transitions in Civil Service Systems: Robustness and Flexibility in Human Resource Management / Lois Recascino Wise -- 12.Civil Service Systems and Public Service Motivation / James L. Perry -- 13.Law and Management Comparatively Assessing the Reach of Judicialization / Charles R. Wise -- 14.The Constitutional Responsibility of the Civil Service / John A. Rohr -- 15.Civil Service Systems and Responsibility, Accountability and Performance: A Multi-Dimensional Approach / Gerrit S.A. Dijkstra -- 16.Governance and Civil Service Systems: From Easy Answers to Hard Questions / Jon Pierre -- 17.Is Past Prologue to 21st-Century Civil Service Systems? Exploring Historical Frames for Discovering Lessons about Institutional Futures / Richard J. Stillman II -- 18.Political-Administrative Relations: Evolving Models of Politicization / Luc Rouban -- 19.Political (System) Reform: Can Administrative Reform Succeed Without? / Marie-Louise Bemelmans-Videc -- 20.Civil Servants in the Enabling Framework State of the 21st Century / Frits M. van der Meer.

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