Valuing Bureaucracy - The Case for Professional Government

Informationen zum Autor Paul R. Verkuil is President Emeritus of the College of William and Mary, Virginia, and served as Dean of both Cardozo School of Law, New York and Tulane University Law School, Louisiana. He served five years in the Obama administration as Chairman of the Administrative Conference of the US. He is the author of Outsourcing Sovereignty (Cambridge, 2007). Klappentext In this book, Verkuil uses his inside perspective on government to examine the increasing impact of private contractors on governance. Zusammenfassung In this book! Verkuil uses his inside perspective on government to examine the increasing impact of private contractors on governance. Outsourcing of government functions is on the rise and is of concern to scholars and practitioners! and the reputation of the author will bring considerable attention to this book. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction and overview; 2. The new learning on outsourcing sovereignty; 3. The growth of contracting out in government; 4. The consequences of federal contractor government; 5. State examples of government failure; 6. Why professionals in government matter; 7. The civil service and its reform; 8. Living with and improving the multi-sector workforce; 9. In sum - reprofessionalize government.

Product details

• Authors: Paul R. Verkuil, Verkuil Paul R.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.05.2017
• EAN: 9781316629666
• ISBN: 978-1-316-62966-6
• No. of pages: 180
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; USA, LAW / Constitutional, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Executive Branch, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Legislative Branch, Public Administration, United States of America, USA, Constitution: government & the state, Constitution: government and the state, Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional and administrative law: general