Research Catalog

Title

The new public service / Paul C. Light.

Author

Light, Paul Charles.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c1999.

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Additional Authors

Brookings Institution. Center for Public Service.

Description

xi, 184 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

• "In this profile of the public service profession, Paul C. Light examines two decades of change in the career patterns and motivations of America's top public servants. Drawing upon interviews with graduates of the nation's top public policy and administration graduate schools, Light argues that the nation's young professionals have changed little in their basic desire to make a difference through public service, but they no longer imagine thirty-year careers in government as the only way to have an impact on national and local issues. They are just as likely to start their public service careers in the nonprofit or private sectors, and intend to switch back and forth during their careers."--Jacket.
• "By letting top graduates speak in their own voices, this book offers a clear agenda that can help government make its invitation to service more meaningful and more attractive."--Jacket.

Subject

• Civil service > United States
• Public administration > United States
• Civil service > United States
• United States > Officials and employees > Interviews

Genre/Form

Interviews

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-173) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The changing shape of government -- Paths into service -- A profile of the profession -- Educating the new public service -- Embracing the new public service.

ISBN

0815752431 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^99006972^

OCLC

• 42365440
• SCSB-10054677

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Harvard Library