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035 _a(DE-B1597)178188
035 _a(OCoLC)835640157
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072 7 _aPOL017000
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082 0 4 _a324.2/04
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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aGrindle, Merilee S.
_eautore
245 1 0 _aJobs for the Boys :
_bPatronage and the State in Comparative Perspective /
_cMerilee S. Grindle.
264 1 _aCambridge, MA :
_bHarvard University Press,
_c[2012]
264 4 _c©2012
300 _a1 online resource (296 p.) :
_b2 charts, 1 graph, 8 tables
336 _atext
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505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tPreface --
_tAcronyms --
_tINTRODUCTION --
_tPART I. The Longue Durée --
_tCHAPTER 1. A System for All Seasons --
_tCHAPTER 2. Politics in the Construction of Reform --
_tCHAPTER 3. Après Reform --
_tPART II. A Contemporary Record --
_tCHAPTER 4. Latin America --
_tCHAPTER 5. Roots and Branches --
_tCHAPTER 6. Crafting Reform --
_tCHAPTER 7. Ambiguous Futures --
_tCONCLUSION: The Politics of Institutional Creation and Re- creation --
_tNotes --
_tBibliography --
_tIndex
506 0 _arestricted access
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520 _aPatronage 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.
530 _aIssued also in print.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021)
650 0 _aCivil service reform
_vCase studies.
650 0 _aCivil service
_vCase studies.
650 0 _aPatronage, Political
_vCase studies.
650 0 _aPublic officers
_xSelection and appointment
_vCase studies.
650 7 _aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration.
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850 _aIT-RoAPU
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674065185
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