Author: Merilee Grindle
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674065703
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Patronage systems in the public service are universally reviled as undemocratic and corrupt. Yet patronage was the prevailing method of staffing government for centuries, and in some countries it still is. In Jobs for the Boys, Merilee Grindle considers why patronage has been so ubiquitous in history and explores the political processes through which it is replaced by merit-based civil service systems. Such reforms are consistently resisted, she finds, because patronage systems, though capricious, offer political executives flexibility to achieve a wide variety of objectives. Grindle looks at the histories of public sector reform in six developed countries and compares them with contemporary struggles for reform in four Latin American countries. A historical, case-based approach allows her to take into account contextual differences between countries as well as to identify cycles that govern reform across the board. As a rule, she finds, transition to merit-based systems involves years and sometimes decades of conflict and compromise with supporters of patronage, as new systems of public service are politically constructed. Becoming aware of the limitations of public sector reform, Grindle hopes, will temper expectations for institutional change now being undertaken.
Jobs for the Boys
Author: Merilee Grindle
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674065703
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Patronage systems in the public service are universally reviled as undemocratic and corrupt. Yet patronage was the prevailing method of staffing government for centuries, and in some countries it still is. In Jobs for the Boys, Merilee Grindle considers why patronage has been so ubiquitous in history and explores the political processes through which it is replaced by merit-based civil service systems. Such reforms are consistently resisted, she finds, because patronage systems, though capricious, offer political executives flexibility to achieve a wide variety of objectives. Grindle looks at the histories of public sector reform in six developed countries and compares them with contemporary struggles for reform in four Latin American countries. A historical, case-based approach allows her to take into account contextual differences between countries as well as to identify cycles that govern reform across the board. As a rule, she finds, transition to merit-based systems involves years and sometimes decades of conflict and compromise with supporters of patronage, as new systems of public service are politically constructed. Becoming aware of the limitations of public sector reform, Grindle hopes, will temper expectations for institutional change now being undertaken.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674065703
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Patronage systems in the public service are universally reviled as undemocratic and corrupt. Yet patronage was the prevailing method of staffing government for centuries, and in some countries it still is. In Jobs for the Boys, Merilee Grindle considers why patronage has been so ubiquitous in history and explores the political processes through which it is replaced by merit-based civil service systems. Such reforms are consistently resisted, she finds, because patronage systems, though capricious, offer political executives flexibility to achieve a wide variety of objectives. Grindle looks at the histories of public sector reform in six developed countries and compares them with contemporary struggles for reform in four Latin American countries. A historical, case-based approach allows her to take into account contextual differences between countries as well as to identify cycles that govern reform across the board. As a rule, she finds, transition to merit-based systems involves years and sometimes decades of conflict and compromise with supporters of patronage, as new systems of public service are politically constructed. Becoming aware of the limitations of public sector reform, Grindle hopes, will temper expectations for institutional change now being undertaken.
Work with Boys
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Category : Boys
Languages : en
Pages : 542
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Category : Boys
Languages : en
Pages : 542
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Industrial Arts and Vocational Education
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Category : Decorative arts
Languages : en
Pages : 550
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Category : Decorative arts
Languages : en
Pages : 550
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Report
Author: Commonwealth Shipping Committee
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Category : Shipping
Languages : en
Pages : 1208
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Category : Shipping
Languages : en
Pages : 1208
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Parliamentary Papers
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
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Category : Bills, Legislative
Languages : en
Pages : 802
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Category : Bills, Legislative
Languages : en
Pages : 802
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Hearings
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 2046
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Languages : en
Pages : 2046
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British Television Drama in the 1980s
Author: George W. Brandt
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521427234
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 308
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On British television drama in the 1980's
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521427234
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 308
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On British television drama in the 1980's
Industrial-arts Magazine
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Category : Decorative arts
Languages : en
Pages : 556
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Category : Decorative arts
Languages : en
Pages : 556
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Industrial Arts & Vocational Education
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Category : Business education
Languages : en
Pages : 702
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Category : Business education
Languages : en
Pages : 702
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Taming the Troublesome Child
Author: Kathleen W. Jones
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674868113
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
"In Taming the Troublesome Child, these questions lead to the complex history of "child guidance," a specialized psychological service developed early in the twentieth century. Kathleen Jones puts this professional history into the context of the larger culture of age, class, and gender conflict."--BOOK JACKET.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674868113
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
"In Taming the Troublesome Child, these questions lead to the complex history of "child guidance," a specialized psychological service developed early in the twentieth century. Kathleen Jones puts this professional history into the context of the larger culture of age, class, and gender conflict."--BOOK JACKET.