This book is the outcome of in-depth academic research on the civil service carried out by acknowledged international and national experts in the field. It brings together papers and speeches presente
Although it has been more than 20 years since Communism crumbled in Central and Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, many scholars and politicians still wonder what the lifting of the Iron Curtain has
As citizens, why do we care about the everyday life of ministers and civil servants? We care because the decisions of the great and the good affect all our lives, for good or ill. For all their person
The contributors to this volume define governance as a specific mode of production of norms and public goods created via co-production; where the co-producers transcend different levels in Europe's mu
This first volume of the Official History of the UK Civil Service covers its evolution from the Northcote-Trevelyan Report of 1854 to the first years of Mrs Thatcher’s government in 1981.Despite
The recruitment process for jobs in the United Kingdom's (UK) Civil Service is tough. Competition is fierce and candidates must first pass qualifying tests.How to Pass the Civil Service Qualifying Tes
The Russian State and Administration provides a rich and innovative assessment of Russian bureaucracy from 1881 to the present. From a variety of disciplinary perspectives, the work assesses the organ
Originating in the Anglo-American world, the New Public Management paradigm appears to have swept over various Continental-European countries, producing convergence of administrative reform. Specific
There are several competing theoretical approaches to studying governance networks. However, methodological questions about how to study democratic network governance have so far received little resea
This study compares the politics, policies and polity-building dynamics of devolution in Wales and decentralization in the French region of Brittany. Empirically, the book draws conclusions from in-de
These essays analyze "joined-up government", consider its history, and evaluate the consequences for British institutions such as the Cabinet, the civil service and local authorities. The Labour gover
New Public Management (NPM) is currently the favored practice in the U.K. How it applies to the reality of managing local government, education, social work, justice, and health care, however, depends
