The higher civil service in the United States : quest for reform
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
The higher civil service in the United States : quest for reform
（Pitt series in policy and institutional studies）
University of Pittsburgh Press, c1996
- : hard
- : pbk
Available at / 22 libraries
-
No Libraries matched.
- Remove all filters.
Note
Bibliography: p. 203-221
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
- Volume
-
: hard ISBN 9780822939061
Description
This text examines the US efforts to develop a higher civil service. It considers the history of the civil-service concept, covering topics such as the Eisenhower administration's proposed Senior Civil Service, the Kennedy-Johnson Executive Assignment system and Nixon's Federal Executive Service.
- Volume
-
: pbk ISBN 9780822955740
Description
Every time control of the U.S. presidency is passed from one party to another, the entire top layer of the executive branch changes. Thousands of men and women take down their pictures, pack up their desks, and move back into private life, just as others dust off their pictures and move in. The U.S. stands alone in this respect. Nearly every other advanced democracy is managed-save for elected officials and a few top aides-by an elite cadre of top civil servants selected by highly competitive examinations.Hudleston and Boyer tell the story of U.S. efforts to develop higher civil service, beginning with the Eisenhower administration and culminating in the passage of the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978. Arguing that the highly-politicized U.S. system simply hasn't worked, they examine why and how reform efforts have failed and offer a series of recommendations for the future.
by "Nielsen BookData"