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

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

by Christopher Hood, Martin Lodge
ISBN-10:
019926967X
ISBN-13:
9780199269679
Pub. Date:
08/03/2006
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
019926967X
ISBN-13:
9780199269679
Pub. Date:
08/03/2006
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
The Politics of Public Service Bargains: Reward, Competency, Loyalty - and Blame

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

by Christopher Hood, Martin Lodge
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Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780199269679
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 08/03/2006
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 240
Product dimensions: 9.26(w) x 6.48(h) x 0.76(d)

About the Author

All Souls College, Oxford

London School of Economics

Table of Contents

PrefacePart 1: Surveying Public Service Bargains1. Introducing Public Service Bargains2. Trustee-Type Public Service Bargains3. Agency-Type Public Service BargainsPart 2: Three Dimensions of Public Service Bargains4. Reward in Public Service Bargains: Pyramids, Nobless Oblige, Turkey Races, and Lotteries of Life5. Comptency in Public Service Bargains: Wonks, Sages, Deliverers, and Go-Betweens6. Loyalty and Responsibility in Public Service Bargains: Judges, Executives, Partners, and Jesters7. Putting the Pieces TogetherPart 3: Blame, Change, and Cheating8. How Public Service Bargains Change and Fall9. Public Service Managerialism and Public Service Bargains: Control, Blame Avoidance, and Cheating10. ConclusionAppendixesBibliography
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