Jobs for the Boys

Released on by Merilee S. Grindle
preview-18

  • Jobs for the Boys Book Detail

  • Author : Merilee S. Grindle
  • Release Date : 2012-06-11
  • Publisher : Harvard University Press
  • Genre : Political Science
  • Pages : 333
  • ISBN 13 : 0674065182
  • File Size : 80,80 MB
DOWNLOAD BOOK

Jobs for the Boys by Merilee S. Grindle PDF Summary

Book Description: Patronage systems in the public service are universally reviled as undemocratic and corrupt. Yet patronage was the prevailing method of staffing government for centuries, and in some countries it still is. In Jobs for the Boys, Merilee Grindle considers why patronage has been so ubiquitous in history and explores the political processes through which it is replaced by merit-based civil service systems. Such reforms are consistently resisted, she finds, because patronage systems, though capricious, offer political executives flexibility to achieve a wide variety of objectives. Grindle looks at the histories of public sector reform in six developed countries and compares them with contemporary struggles for reform in four Latin American countries. A historical, case-based approach allows her to take into account contextual differences between countries as well as to identify cycles that govern reform across the board. As a rule, she finds, transition to merit-based systems involves years and sometimes decades of conflict and compromise with supporters of patronage, as new systems of public service are politically constructed. Becoming aware of the limitations of public sector reform, Grindle hopes, will temper expectations for institutional change now being undertaken.

Disclaimer: www.yourbookbest.com does not own Jobs for the Boys books pdf, neither created or scanned. We just provide the link that is already available on the internet, public domain and in Google Drive. If any way it violates the law or has any issues, then kindly mail us via contact us page to request the removal of the link.

Jobs for the Boys

Jobs for the Boys

File Size : 3,3 MB
Total View : 5940 Views
DOWNLOAD

Patronage systems in the public service are universally reviled as undemocratic and corrupt. Yet patronage was the prevailing method of staffing government for

Jobs for the Boys

Jobs for the Boys

File Size : 85,85 MB
Total View : 7589 Views
DOWNLOAD

Similar to Peter Cross's previous book, Earning a Crust, on careers for women, this book presents discussions with a wide range of men who live and work for the