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Focusing on the challenges of bureaucratic recruitment, this book questions the virtues of meritocracies and develops a new theory about the conflicts facing governments that engage in both state- and nation-building. It is ideal for scholars in political science, history, sociology, public administration, public policy, law, and economics.
List of contents
1. Introduction; 2. State-Building, Nation-Building, and a Theory of How Bureaucratic Selection Affects Both; 3. Why Reform? Meritocratic Recruitment in Comparative and Historical Perspective; 4. Explaining The Heightened Demand for Government Jobs; 5. The Effect of Selection via Meritocracy in Contemporary Indonesia; 6. Meritocracy and Patronage in Colonial Southeast Asia; 7. Global Statistical Analyses: Some Indirect Tests; 8. Conclusion.
About the author
Nicholas Kuipers is an Assistant Professor of Politics at Princeton University. His research is chiefly focused on documenting challenges of representation in bureaucratic and political institutions, especially in Southeast Asia. His research has appeared in American Political Science Review, British Journal of Political Science, and World Politics, among other outlets.
Summary
Focusing on the challenges of bureaucratic recruitment, this book questions the virtues of meritocracies and develops a new theory about the conflicts facing governments that engage in both state- and nation-building. It is ideal for scholars in political science, history, sociology, public administration, public policy, law, and economics.
Foreword
By focusing on governments' use of meritocratic selection of bureaucrats, this book unearths a tension between state- and nation-building.
