Politicization of the civil service in comparative perspective : the quest control / edited by B. Guy Peters and Jon Pierre.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

This book addresses an important issue and debate in public administration: the politicization of civil service systems and personnel. Using a comparative framework the authors address issues such as compensation, appointments made from outside the civil service system and anonymity.

Koleksi sumbangan Tun Ahmad Sarji Abdul Hamid.