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9780199269679

The Politics of Public Service Bargains Reward, Competency, Loyalty - and Blame

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  • ISBN13:

    9780199269679

  • ISBN10:

    019926967X

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2006-08-03
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Summary

Providing a novel, analytical perspective on executive government, this timely book examines recent public sector reform policies in a number of countries. The book exposes key dimensions of the relationship between public servants and the wider political system, examining both the formalized and the implicit understandings between the two.

Table of Contents

List of Figures vi
List of Tables vi
Preface vii
PART I. SURVEYING PUBLIC SERVICE BARGAINS 1(60)
1. Introducing Public Service Bargains
3(21)
2. Trustee-Type Public Service Bargains
24(18)
3. Agency-Type Public Service Bargains
42(19)
PART II. THREE DIMENSIONS OF PUBLIC SERVICE BARGAINS 61(90)
4. Reward in Public Service Bargains: Pyramids, Noblesse Oblige, Turkey Races and Lotteries of Life
63(23)
5. Competency in Public Service Bargains: Wonks, Sages, Deliverers, and Go-Betweens
86(23)
6. Loyalty and Responsibility in Public Service Bargains: Judges, Partners, Executives, and Jesters
109(24)
7. Putting the Pieces Together
133(18)
PART III. BLAME, CHANGE, AND CHEATING 151(52)
8. How Public Service Bargains Change and Fall
153(18)
9. Public Service Managerialism and Public Service Bargains: Control, Blame Avoidance, and Cheating
171(18)
10. Conclusion
189(14)
Appendix 1 203(1)
Appendix 2 204(3)
References 207(14)
Index 221

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