The Civil Service in the 21st Century Comparative Perspectives

by Raadschelders, Jos C.N.; Toonen, Theo A.J.; Van der Meer, Frits M.

• ISBN13: 9781403997197
• ISBN10: 1403997195
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-11-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

Over recent decades the civil service has come under intense scrutiny. The role and position of the civil service as central to the public sector has been seriously questioned. This volume provides a comparative study of civil service systems, exploring regional variation and development in North America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australasia. The cast of international contributors provides new insights into key areas including the impact of juridification; the role of middle-level and local government civil servants; and values of civil service systems. Providing a systematic framework for analysis, this collection offers a comprehensive global study of a key governmental institution. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Jos C.N. Raadschelders is at the Department of Political Science, University of Oklahoma. Theo A.J. Toonen is at the Department of Public Administration, University of Leiden, Netherlands. Frits M. Van der Meer is at the Department of Public Administration, University of Leiden, Netherlands.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures	p. vii
Notes on Contributors	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. xii
Civil Service Systems and the Challenges of the 21st Century	p. 1
Regional Developments in Civil Service Systems	p. 15
Civil Service Development in Central and Eastern Europe and the CIS: Swimming with the Tide	p. 17
Western European Civil Service Systems: A Comparative Analysis	p. 34
Anglo-American Systems: Easy Diffusion	p. 50
Explaining Civil Service Reform in Asia	p. 65
Africa: Rehabilitating Civil Service Institutions - Main Issues and Implementation Progress	p. 82
Civil Service Systems and Multi-level Governance	p. 101
National Civil Service Systems and the Implications of Multi-level Governance: Weberianism Revisited?	p. 103
Historical Legacies and Dynamics of Institutional Change in Civil Service Systems	p. 121
Public Service Systems at Subnational and Local Levels of Government: a British-German-French Comparison	p. 137
Middle Level Bureaucrats: Policy, Discretion and Control	p. 152
Reforming Human Resource Management in Civil Service Systems: Recruitment, Mobility, and Representativeness	p. 169
Civil Servants and Legality, Efficiency, and Responsiveness	p. 183
Law and Management: Comparatively Assessing the Reach of Judicialization	p. 185
The Constitutional Responsibility of the Civil Service	p. 201
Civil Service Systems and Responsibility, Accountability and Performance: A Multi-dimensional Approach	p. 216
Governance and Civil Service Systems: From Easy Answers to Hard Questions	p. 231
Beyond Civil Service Systems?	p. 245
Is Past Prologue to 21st Century Civil Service Systems? Exploring Historical Frames for Discovering Lessons About Institutional Futures	p. 247
Political-Administrative Relations	p. 263
Political (System) Reform: Can Administrative Reform Succeed Without?	p. 279
Conclusion	p. 297
Civil Servants in the Enabling Framework State of the 21st Century	p. 299
Index	p. 316
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