Jobs for the boys : patronage and the state in comparative perspective / Merilee S. Grindle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grindle, Merilee, 1945-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil service--Case studies.

Civil service.

Public officers--Selection and appointment--Case studies.

Public officers.

Patronage, Political--Case studies.

Patronage, Political.

Civil service reform--Case studies.

Civil service reform.

Public officers--Selection and appointment.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xiv, 316 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012.

Summary:

Grindle (international development, Harvard U.) analyzes ten historical and contemporary case studies about challenges to patronage systems for staffing the public service in different countries. His primary concerns are the motivations of political actors, the political uses of patronage, strategies adopted by reformers in trying to replace patronage systems, and the consequences for governance of post-reform contention over the nature and scope of change, as well as how each of these were shaped by the particular constraints of specific historical and social contexts. The case studies include examinations of practices in early modern Western Europe and Japan and also in Latin America in the 20th and 21st centuries. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Introduction: Weber's ghost

A system for all seasons

Politics in the construction of reform

Apres reform: deconstruction and reconstruction

Latin America: patterns of patronage and politics

Roots and branches

Crafting reform: elite projects and political moments

Ambiguous futures: the politics of implementation

Conclusion: the politics of institutional creation and re-creation.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780674065703

0674065700

OCLC:

758244275