Civil Service Systems in Anglo-American Countries (Civil Service Systems in Comparative Perspective)

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Halligan (public administration, U. of Canberra) presents case study examinations of civil service systems in Britain, New Zealand, Australia, Canada, and the United States, with an eye towards comparatively studying divergences in systems that arose from a common tradition. Addressing questions of the interrelationships between civil service and public management reform, the primary concerns of the case studies are the question of political balance in the redesign of civil services, the persistence of ...
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Overview

Halligan (public administration, U. of Canberra) presents case study examinations of civil service systems in Britain, New Zealand, Australia, Canada, and the United States, with an eye towards comparatively studying divergences in systems that arose from a common tradition. Addressing questions of the interrelationships between civil service and public management reform, the primary concerns of the case studies are the question of political balance in the redesign of civil services, the persistence of path-dependency in reform patterns, and the extent of significant change over time. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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Table of Contents

List of figures
List of tables
List of contributors
Acknowledgements
1 Anglo-American civil service systems: an overview 1
2 Administrative traditions and the Anglo-American democracies 10
3 The civil service in Britain: a case study in path dependency 27
4 The Australian public service: redefining boundaries 70
5 The New Zealand public service: national identity and international reform 113
6 The Canadian public service: balancing values and management 148
7 Civil service and administrative reform in the United States 174
8 Anglo-American civil service systems: comparative perspectives 195
Index 217
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