Jobs for the boys : patronage and the state in comparative perspective /

"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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Grindle, Merilee, 1945- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012.
Temas:
Civil service > Case studies.
Public officers > Selection and appointment > Case studies.
Patronage, Political > Case studies.
Civil service reform > Case studies.
Favoritisme > Études de cas.
Fonction publique > Réforme > Études de cas.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Political Parties.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Comparative Politics.
Civil service
Civil service reform
Patronage, Political
Public officers > Selection and appointment
Case studies
Case studies.
Études de cas.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : Weber's ghost
  • A system for all seasons
  • Politics in the construction of reform
  • Apres reform : deconstruction and reconstruction
  • Latin America : patterns of patronage and politics
  • Roots and branches
  • Crafting reform : elite projects and political moments
  • Ambiguous futures: the politics of implementation
  • Conclusion: the politics of institutional creation and re-creation.

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