The Civil Service in the 21st Century

The role and position of the civil service as core actors in the public sector has been seriously questioned in recent years. This volume provides a comparative study of civil service systems in Asia, Western Europe and Africa. The cast of international contributors provide new insights.

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LADIPO ADAMOLEKUN is Professor of Public Administration, independent scholar and part-time Professor of Management at the Federal University of Akure, Nigeria MARIE-LOUISE BEMELMANS-VIDEC is Professor of Public Administration at the Radboud University of Nijmegen, Netherlands, a senator in the Netherlands Parliament, and a member of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly PHILIPPE BEZES is a researcher at the Centre d'Études et de Recherches de Science Administrative (CERSA) of the Centre National de la Récherche Scientifique (CNRS) CERSA, France JÖRG BOGUMIL is Professor of Comparative Urban and Regional Politics at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany JOHN BURNS is Professor of Public Administration at the Department of Politics and Public Administration, The University of Hong Kong ROBET K. CHRISTENSEN is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA GERRIT DIJKSTRA is Assistant Professor at the Department of Public Administration, University of Leiden, Netherlands JOHN HALLIGAN is Professor of Public Administration at the School of Business and Government, University of Canberra, Australia SABINE KUHLMANN is Assistant Professor in politics and government in Germany and Europe at the University of Potsdam, Germany PER LAEGREID is Professor at the Department of Administration and Organization Theory, University of Bergen, Norway MARTIN LODGE is Lecturer in Political Science and Public Policy at the Department of Government and the ESRC Centre for Analysis of Risk and Regulation, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK EDWARD C. PAGE is Sidney and Beatrice Webb Professor of Public Policy at the Department of Government of the London School of Economics and Political science, UK B. GUY PETERS is Maurice Falk Professor of American Government at the Department of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh, USA JON PIERRE is Professor of Political Sciences at the Department of Political Science, University of Gothenberg, Sweden ALEKSANDRA RABRENOVIC is a consultant for the World Bank, Belgrade, Serbia JOHN A. ROHR is Professor of Public Administration at the Centre for Public Administration and Policy, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA LUC ROUBAN is Director of the Centre National de la Récherche Scientifique (CNRS) at the Centre de Recherches Politique de Sciences Po (CEVIPOF), Paris, France TRUI STEEN is Assistant Professor at the Department of Public Administration, University of Leiden, Netherlands, and a fellow at the Public Management Institute, University of Leuven, Belgium RICHARD J. STILLMANN, II is Professor of Public Administration at the Department of Public Administration, University of Colorado at Denver, USA, and editor in chief of the Public Administration Review CASPAR VAN DEN BERG is a Ph.D. student at the Department of Public Administration, University of Leiden, Netherlands TONY VERHEIJEN is a Public Sector Management Specialist at the World Bank ANCHRITT WILLE is Assistant Professor at the Department of Public Administration, University of Leiden, Netherlands CHARLES WISE is Professor and Director of the John Glenn School of Public Affairs, Ohio State University, USA LOIS R. WISE is Professor of Public Administration at the School for Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, USA

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Introduction: Civil Service Systems and the Challenges of the 21st Century; J.C.N.Raadschelders, F.M.Van der Meer& T.A.J.Toonen PART I: REGIONAL DEVELOPMENTS in CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEMS Civil Service Development in Central and Eastern Europe and the CIS: Swimming with the Tide; T.Verheijen& A.Rabrenovic Western Europe Civil Service Systems: A Comparative Analysis; F.M.Van der Meer, T.Steen& A.Wille Anglo-American Systems: Easy Diffusion; J.Halligan Explaining Civil Service Reform in Asia; J.Burns Africa: Rehabilitating Civil Service Institutions, Main Issues and Implementation Progress; L.Adamolekun PART II: CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEMS AS MULTI-LEVEL GOVERNANCE National Civil Service Systems and the Implications of Multi-Level Governance: Weberianism Revisited?; C.van den Berg& T.A.J.Toonen Historical Legacies and Dynamics of Institutional Change in Civil Service Systems; P.Bezes& M.Lodge Public Service Systems at Sub National and Local Levels of Government: A British-German-French Comparison; S.Kuhlmann& J.Bogumil Middle Level Bureaucrats: Policy, Discretion and Control; E.Page Reforming Human Resource Management in Civil Service Systems: Recruitment, Mobility, and Representativeness; L.Wise& P.Lægreid PART III: CIVIL SERVANTS AND LEGALITY, EFFICIENCY, AND RESPONSIVENESS Law and Management: Comparatively Assessing the Reach of Judicialization; R.Christensen& C.Wise The Constitutional Responsibility of the Civil Service; J.Rohr Civil Service Systems and Responsibility, Accountability and Performance: A Multi-Dimensional Approach; G.Dijkstra Governance and Civil Service Systems: From Easy Answers to Hard Questions; B.G.Peters& J.Pierre PART IV: CIVIL SERVANTS IN THE POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT Is Past Prologue to 21st Century Civil Service Systems? Exploring Historical Frames for Discovering Lessons about Institutional Futures; R.Stillman II Political-Administrative Relations; L.Rouban Political System Reform: Can Administrative Reform Succeed Without?; J.C.N.Raadschelders& M.Bemelmans-Videc CONCLUSION Civil Servants in the Enabling Framework State of the 21st Century; J.C.N.Raadschelders, F.M.van der Meer& T.A.J.Toonen