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9780198294474

Bureaucratic Élites in Western European States A Comparative Analysis of Top Officials

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    9780198294474

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    0198294476

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2000-03-09
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Summary

This collection provides valuable information about the structures and composition of the higher civil service and its position in the political structure through a comparative analysis of Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Austria, Greece, Denmark, and Sweden. The book explores how higher civil service has developed in the light of the massive changes in European societies in the past thirty years.

Author Biography


Edward Charles Page is Professor of Politics at the University of Hull
Vincent Wright is Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford University

Table of Contents

List of Figures
ix
List of Tables
x
List of Contributors
xii
Introduction 1(12)
Edward C. Page
Vincent Wright
A Description of the Greek Higher Civil Service
13(19)
Dimitri A. sotiropoulos
Spain: Still the Primacy of Corporatism?
32(23)
Ignacio Molina Alvarez de Cienfuegos
Italy's Senior Civil Service: An Ossified World
55(10)
Sabino Cassese
The Senior Civil Service in France
65(25)
Luc Rouban
Senior Officials in Austria
90(31)
Barbara Liegl
Wolfgang C. Muller
The Senior Civil Service in Belgium
121(26)
Marleen Brans
Annie Hondeghem
Senior Officials in the German Federal Administration: Institutional Change and Positional Differentiation
147(31)
Klaus H. Goetz
The British Senior Civil Service
178(27)
Charlotte Dargie
Rachel Locke
The Senior Civil Service in the Netherlands: A Quest for Unity
205(24)
First M. van der Meer
Jos C. N. Raadschelders
Senior Officials in the Danish Central Administration: From Bureaucrats to Policy Professionals and Managers
229(20)
Hanne Nexø Jensen
Tim Knudsen
The Welfare State Managers: Senior Civil Servants in Sweden
249(32)
Jon Pierre
Peter Ehn
Conclusion: Senior Officials in Western Europe
266(15)
Edward C. Page
Vincent Wright
Index 281

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