Threats to the international civil service

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Threats to the international civil service

Yves Beigbeder

Pinter Publishers, 1988

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Bibliography: p. [181]-182

Includes index

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Description

At a time when the concept of an international civil service as formulated in the early days of the League of Nations is being challenged, this book traces the development and examines the present role of this service and the people who are employed by it. The creation and growth of the international civil service in UN organizations is seen in relation to political and economic changes over the last 40 years. This historical perspective leads the author to the conclusion that an adjustment to the traditional concept of an independent international civil service is essential if it is to adapt itself to present realities.

Table of Contents

  • The internationalist view of the international civil service
  • the archetype of the international civil service - Dag Hammarskjold
  • US pressures on UN secretariats
  • the socialist countries' minority view - Marx or Perez de Cuellar?
  • the once-pampered international civil servant - an overpaid bureaucrat?
  • international staff's immunity - an ineffective armour
  • militant unions - facts and fallacies
  • alternative employment schemes.

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