The Politics of Public Service Bargains : Reward, Competency, Loyalty - and Blame.

The traditional understandings that structure the relationships between public servants and the wider political system are said to have undergone considerable change. But what are these formalized and implicit understandings? What are the key dimensions of such bargains? In what conditions do bargai...

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Main Author: Hood, Christopher
Other Authors: Lodge, Martin
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : OUP Oxford, 2006.
Series:Oxford scholarship online.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:The traditional understandings that structure the relationships between public servants and the wider political system are said to have undergone considerable change. But what are these formalized and implicit understandings? What are the key dimensions of such bargains? In what conditions do bargains rise and fall? And has there been a universal and uniform change in these bargains?The Politics of Public Service Bargains develops a distinct perspective to answer these questions. It develops a unique analytical perspective to account for diverse bargains within systems of executive government.
Physical Description:1 online resource (236 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191533501
0191533505
9780191604096
0191604097
019926967X
9780199269679