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JOBS FOR THE BOYS
PATRONAGE AND THE STATE IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE |
| By: |
Merilee S. Grindle |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£47.95 |
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£37.40 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0674065700 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780674065703 |
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| Publisher: |
HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
8 June, 2012 |
| Pages: |
336 |
| Description: |
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. |
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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. |
| US Grade: |
College Graduate Student |
| Illustrations: |
2 charts, 1 graph, 8 tables |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Harvard University Press |
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Returnable |
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