Jobs for the Boys - Patronage and the State in Comparative Perspective

Informationen zum Autor Merilee S. Grindle is Edward S. Mason Professor of International Development and Director of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies at Harvard University. Klappentext Patronage systems in public service are reviled as undemocratic and corrupt. Yet patronage was the prevailing method of staffing government for centuries! and in some countries it still is. Grindle considers why patronage has been ubiquitous in history and explores the processes through which it is replaced by merit-based civil service systems. Zusammenfassung Patronage systems in public service are reviled as undemocratic and corrupt. Yet patronage was the prevailing method of staffing government for centuries! and in some countries it still is. Grindle considers why patronage has been ubiquitous in history and explores the processes through which it is replaced by merit-based civil service systems.

Product details

• Authors: Merilee S. Grindle, Grindle Merilee S.
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.06.2012
• EAN: 9780674065703
• ISBN: 978-0-674-06570-3
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; Economics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, Political structure and processes, Political parties and party platforms, Civil service and public sector