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Civil servants and politics : a delicate balance / edited by Christine Neuhold, Sophie Vanhoonacker, and Luc Verhey.
- Title
- Civil servants and politics : a delicate balance / edited by Christine Neuhold, Sophie Vanhoonacker, and Luc Verhey.
- Publication
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, [2013]
- ©2013
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- Description
- xv, 246 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- "The relationship between civil servants and politicians is as fascinating as it is complex with their mutual interdependence requiring to cooperate despite the ever-present risk of tension and conflict. For reasons of efficiency it is important that the civil service has a certain degree of independence and detachment from the political process. The requirement of democratically legitimate and accountable decision-making however demands control at the political level. This comparative study focuses on the changing relations between civil servants and politicians in the European Union in the last two decades. As well as national case studies this book also looks into politico-administrative relations in supranational institutions such as the European Commission and the European Parliament."--Publisher's website.
- Series Statement
- Public sector organizations series
- Uniform Title
- Public sector organizations.
- Subject
- Civil service > Political activity > European Union countries
- Public officers
- Interorganizational relations > Europe
- European Union countries > Officials and employees
- Civil service > Political activity
- Civil service
- Civil service & public sector > Europe
- Civil service & public sector > EU (European Union)
- Civil service > Political activity
- Civil service
- EU & European institutions > EU (European Union)
- International institutions > Europe
- POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Affairs & Administration
- Politics and Government
- Public administration > Europe
- Public administration > EU (European Union)
- European Union countries > Politics and government
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Part 1: Civil servants and politics: Setting the scene. Introduction /C.Neuhold & S.Vanhoonacker ; Politicisation: What is it and why should we care? / B.G.Peters ; Civil Servants and Politicians: Problems and Future Prospects / L.Verhey ; Civil Servants and Whistle-blowing: Loyal Neutrality and/or Democratic Ideal? / G.Hunt. -- Part 2: Politicisation of civil servants between neutrality and political activism? Country studies. Civil Servants and Politicians: A Very British Relationship / D.Woodhouse ; Managerialism and politicisation in the Dutch Civil Service / S.van Thiel ; Civil Servants: How to Support the Political Level: The French Case / F.Baron ; Civil Service Reform in Slovakia and Hungary: The Road to Professionalisation? / K.Staronova ; Civil Servants and Politics in Germany / U.Battis. -- Part 3: Supranational bureaucracies and consequences for administrative players. Commission Civil Servants and Politics: De-politicised Bureaucrats in an Increasingly Political Organisation / M.W.Bauer & J.Ege ; The European Parliament's Administration: Between Neutral and Politicised Competence / C.Neuhold & I.Romanyshyn ; Conclusion / S.Vanhoonacker, C.Neuhold & L.Verhey.
- ISBN
- 9780230304833
- 0230304834
- OCLC
- 813931872
- SCSB-12709122
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library