Radical Reform of the Civil Service

by Condrey, Stephen E.; Maranto, Robert

• ISBN13: 9780739102060
• ISBN10: 0739102060
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-04-18
• Publisher: Lexington Books

Summary

Across the globe, governments are ending civil service as we know it. This volume presents the newest research that explores efforts to replace civil service systems with more flexible, non-tenured systems. Featuring both original and previously published essays by many of the leading practitioners and professors in the field of public administration, Radical Reform of the Civil Service asks big questions. Is radical reform of public bureaucracy needed? What is the scope of these reforms? What are the dangers of reform and why is it happening now? The essays in this book should be read by anyone interested in the future of public management.

Table of Contents

List of Figures, Tables, and Appendices	ix
Acknowledgments	xi
Foreword	xiii
James B. King
Why Radical Reform? The Rise of Government by Business	1	(14)
Robert Maranto
Stephen E. Condrey
A History of the Federal Civil Service: A Values-Based Perspective	15	(28)
Gary E. Roberts
The Great Transformation? Administrative and Civil Service Reform in Western Democracies	43	(26)
Gene A. Brewer
Thinking the Unthinkable in Public Administration: A Case for Spoils in the Federal Bureaucracy	69	(18)
Robert Maranto
Rethinking the Unthinkable: A Cautionary Note	87	(8)
Robert R. Durant
A Radical Idea Welcomed --- But With Some Buts	95	(6)
Charles T. Goodsell
A Return to Spoils: The Wrong Solution for the Right Problem	101	(10)
Jack H. Knott
Rejoinder to Maranto: Been There, Done That	111	(8)
William L. Murray
Rethinking the Unthinkable: Reply to Durant, Goodsell, Knott, and Murray on ``A Case for Spoils'' in Federal Personnel Management	119	(8)
Robert Maranto
Merit without the System: An Emergent Model for Public Sector HRM	127	(24)
Larry M. Lane
Colleen A. Woodard
Human Resource Management Reform in the States: Entrepreneurialism and Incremental Change	151	(26)
David G. Carnevale
Steven W. Housel
Georgia's Civil Service Reform: A Four-Year Assessment	177	(16)
Stephen E. Condrey
Beyond Civil Service: New Roles and New Tools for Public Personnel Managers	193	(26)
Dahlia Bradshaw Lynn
Donald E. Klingner
Radical Reform: Some Concluding Remarks	219	(6)
Stephen E. Condrey
Robert Maranto
Index	225	(14)
About the Editors	239	(2)
About the Contributors	241