TY  - BOOK
AU  - Peters,B.Guy
AU  - Pierre,Jon
TI  - Politicization of the civil service in comparative perspective: the quest control 
T2  - Routledge studies in governance and public policy,
SN  - 9780415700252
PY  - 2004///
CY  - United States
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Civil service
KW  - Political activity
KW  - Civil service ethics
KW  - Patronage, Political
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -