The Promise and Paradox of Civil Service Reform
Published on 23. November 2010
345 pages
978-0-8229-7455-0 (ISBN)
Description
Contains fourteen essays that examine, through a public policy focus, the 1978 civil service reform and its aftermath. The essays view policy design, implementation, and evaluation, as well as the overall politics of administration and institutional change. An indispensible tool for students of public administration, bureaucratic politics, and personnel policy.
Contributors: Carolyn Ban; John Halligan; Kirke Harper; Mark Huddleston; J. Edward Kellough; Larry M. Lane; Chester A. Newland; James L. Perry; Beryl A. Radin; Robert Vaughn; and the editors.
Contributors: Carolyn Ban; John Halligan; Kirke Harper; Mark Huddleston; J. Edward Kellough; Larry M. Lane; Chester A. Newland; James L. Perry; Beryl A. Radin; Robert Vaughn; and the editors.
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Patricia W. Ingraham is professor of public administration and political science at Syracuse University.
Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Introduction
- Part I - Designing Change
- 1. The Reform Game
- 2. The Design of Civil Service Reform: Good Politics or Good Management
- 3. The Search for the M: Federal Management and Personnel Policy
- 4. The Politics of Civil Service Reform
- Part II - The Institutions of Reform
- Introduction
- 5. The Office of Personnel Management: Values, Policies and Consequences
- 6. The U.S. Merit System Protection Board and the Office of Special Counsel
- 7. The Federal Labor Relations Authority
- Part III - The Civil Service Reform Act: Process and Procedure
- Introduction
- 8. To the Threshold of Reform: The Senior Executive Service and America's Search for a Higher Civil Service
- 9. The Merit Pay Reforms
- 10. Research and Demonstrations Under CSRA: Is Innovation Possible
- Part IV - The Lessons of Reform
- Introduction
- 11. Representative Bureaucracy and the EEOC: Did Civil Service Reform Make a Difference
- 12. The Senior Executive Service After One Decade
- 13. A Comparative Lesson: The Senior Executive Service in Australia
- 14. Watch What We Pass: A Brief Legislative History of Civil Service Reform
- Notes on Contributors
