Politicization of the civil service in comparative perspective : the quest for control / edited by B. Guy Peters and Jon Pierre.
| Other author | Peters, B. Guy. |
| Other author | Pierre, Jon. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | London ; New York : Routledge, 2004. |
| Description | ix, 300 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Subjects |
| Series | Routledge studies in governance and public policy ; 7 Routledge studies in governance and public policy ; 7. ^A591801 |
| Contents | Politicization of the civil service : concepts, causes, consequences / B. Guy Peters and Jon Pierre -- Political responsiveness in a merit bureaucracy : Denmark / Jørgen Grønnegaard Christensen -- Politicization of the Swedish civil service : a necessary evil, or just evil? / Jon Pierre -- The politicization of the German civil service : a three-dimensional portrait of the ministerial bureaucracy / Eckhard Schröter -- Politicization of the civil service in France : from structural to strategic politicization / Luc Rouban -- The British civil service : examining the question of politicisation / Charlotte Sausman and Rachel Locke -- Politicization in the United States / B. Guy Peters -- The search for a responsive bureaucracy in Canada / Donald J. Savoie -- Dire expectations but subtle transformations? : politicisation and the New Zealand civil service / Robert Gregory -- Politicization in the Belgian civil service / Guido Dierickx -- Dutch government reform and the quest for political control / Frits M. van der Meer -- Politicisation of the Spanish civil service : continuity in 1982 and in 1996 / Salvador Parrado Dez -- Two faces of politicization of the civil service : the case of contemporary Greece / Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos -- Conclusion : political control in a managerialist world / B. Guy Peters and Jon Pierre. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2003019136 |
| ISBN | 0415700256 |