Bureaucratic élites in Western European states

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Bureaucratic élites in Western European states

edited by Edward C. Page and Vincent Wright

Oxford University Press, c1999

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Bureaucratic élites in Western European states : a comparative analysis of top officials

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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This volume provides information about the structures and composition of the higher civil service and its position in the political structure through a comparative analysis of Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Austria, Greece, Denmark and Sweden. The book explores how higher civil service has developed in the light of the massive changes in European societies in the past 30 years. Changes include the size of the top level of the civil service, the growing social diversity of its ranks and well as the tendency to recruit from outside the civil service. The book also examines how wider social changes, such as the democratization of education, the growth of interest groups, and the increasing importance of the European Union impact on the higher levels of bureaucracy producing similar patterns of change throughout Europe.

Table of Contents

  • Ed Page and Vincent Wright: Introduction
  • Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos: A Description of the Greek Higher Civil Service
  • Ignacio Molina 'Alvarez de Cienfuegos: Spain: Still the Primacy of Corporatism?
  • Sabino Cassese: Italy's Senior Civil Service: An Ossified World
  • Luc Rouban: The Senior Civil Service in France
  • Barbara Liegl and Wolfgang C. Muller: Senior Officials in Austria
  • Marleen Brans and Annie Hondeghem: The Senior Civil Service in Belgium
  • Klaus H. Goetz: Senior Officials in the German Federal Administration: Institutional Change and Positional Differentiation
  • Charlotte Dargie and Rachel Locke: The British Senior Civil Service
  • Frits M. van der Meer and Jos C. N. Raadschelders: The Senior Civil Service in The Netherlands: A Quest for Unity
  • Hanne Nexo Jensen: Senior Officials in the Danish Central Administration: From Bureaucrats to Policy Professionals and Managers
  • Jon Pierre and Peter Ehn: The Welfare State Managers: Senior Civil Servants in Sweden.

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