Jobs for the Boys : : Patronage and the State in Comparative Perspective / / Merilee S. Grindle.
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 histor...
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Grindle, Merilee S., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Jobs for the Boys : Patronage and the State in Comparative Perspective / Merilee S. Grindle. Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2012] ©2012 1 online resource (296 p.) : 2 charts, 1 graph, 8 tables text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acronyms -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I. The Longue Durée -- CHAPTER 1. A System for All Seasons -- CHAPTER 2. Politics in the Construction of Reform -- CHAPTER 3. Après Reform -- PART II. A Contemporary Record -- CHAPTER 4. Latin America -- CHAPTER 5. Roots and Branches -- CHAPTER 6. Crafting Reform -- CHAPTER 7. Ambiguous Futures -- CONCLUSION: The Politics of Institutional Creation and Re- creation -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star 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. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) Civil service reform Case studies. Civil service Case studies. Patronage, Political Case studies. Public officers Selection and appointment Case studies. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter E-BOOK GESAMTPAKET / COMPLETE PACKAGE 2012 9783110288995 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter E-BOOK PACKAGE HISTORY; POLITICAL SCIENCE, SOCIOLOGY 2012 9783110293715 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter E-BOOK PAKET GESCHICHTE, POLITIKWISS., SOZIOLOGIE 2012 9783110288971 ZDB-23-DPS Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada) 9783110756067 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110442205 print 9780674065703 https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674065185 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674065185 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780674065185.jpg |
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