The Civil Service in the 21st Century

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Civil Service Systems and the Challenges of the 21st Century

   1. Civil Service Systems and the Challenges of the 21st Century

      • Jos C. N. Raadschelders, Theo A. J. Toonen, Frits M. Van der Meer

      Pages 1-13

3. Regional Development in Civil Service Systems

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15

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   2. Civil Service Development in Central and Eastern Europe and the CIS: Swimming with the Tide?

      • Tony J. G. Verheijen, Aleksandra Rabrenovic

      Pages 17-33

   3. Western European Civil Service Systems: A Comparative Analysis

      • Frits M. Van der Meer, Trui Steen, Anchrit Wille

      Pages 34-49

   4. Anglo-American Systems: Easy Diffusion

      • John Halligan

      Pages 50-64

   5. Explaining Civil Service Reform in Asia

      • John P. Burns

      Pages 65-81

   6. Africa: Rehabilitating Civil Service Institutions — Main Issues and Implementation Progress

      • Ladipo Adamolekun

      Pages 82-99

4. Civil Service Systems and Multi-level Governance

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 101-101

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   2. National Civil Service Systems and the Implications of Multi-level Governance: Weberianism Revisited?

      • Caspar F. van den Berg, Theo A. J. Toonen

      Pages 103-120

   3. Historical Legacies and Dynamics of Institutional Change in Civil Service Systems

      • Philippe Bezes, Martin Lodge

      Pages 121-136

   4. Public Service Systems at Subnational and Local Levels of Government: a British-German-French Comparison

      • Sabine Kuhlmann, Jörg Bogumil

      Pages 137-151

   5. Middle Level Bureaucrats: Policy, Discretion and Control

      • Edward C. Page

      Pages 152-168

   6. Reforming Human Resource Management in Civil Service Systems: Recruitment, Mobility, and Representativeness

      • Per Lœgreid, Lois Recascino Wise

      Pages 169-182

5. Civil Servants and Legality, Efficiency, and Responsiveness

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 183-183

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   2. Law and Management: Comparatively Assessing the Reach of Judicialization

      • Robert K. Christensen, Charles R. Wise

      Pages 185-200

   3. The Constitutional Responsibility of the Civil Service

      • John A. Rohr

      Pages 201-215

   4. Civil Service Systems and Responsibility, Accountability and Performance: A Multi-dimensional Approach

      • Gerrit S. A. Dijkstra

      Pages 216-230

   5. Governance and Civil Service Systems: From Easy Answers to Hard Questions

      • B. Guy Peters, Jon Pierre

      Pages 231-244

6. Beyond Civil Service Systems?

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 245-245

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The role and position of the civil service as core actors in the public sector has been seriously questioned in recent years. This volume provides a comparative study of civil service systems in Asia, Western Europe and Africa. The cast of international contributors provide new insights.

• Comparative analysis
• constitution
• governance
• Government
• HRM
• human resource management
• Institution
• management
• Policy
• service

• University of Oklahoma, USA

  Jos C. N. Raadschelders

• Department of Public Administration, University of Leiden, Netherlands

  Theo A. J. Toonen, Frits M. Meer

LADIPO ADAMOLEKUN is Professor of Public Administration, independent scholar and part-time Professor of Management at the Federal University of Akure, Nigeria MARIE-LOUISE BEMELMANS-VIDEC is Professor of Public Administration at the Radboud University of Nijmegen, Netherlands, a senator in the Netherlands Parliament, and a member of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly PHILIPPE BEZES is a researcher at the Centre d'Études et de Recherches de Science Administrative (CERSA) of the Centre National de la Récherche Scientifique (CNRS) CERSA, France JÖRG BOGUMIL is Professor of Comparative Urban and Regional Politics at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany JOHN BURNS is Professor of Public Administration at the Department of Politics and Public Administration, The University of Hong Kong ROBET K. CHRISTENSEN is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA GERRIT DIJKSTRA is Assistant Professor at the Department of Public Administration, University of Leiden, Netherlands JOHN HALLIGAN is Professor of Public Administration at the School of Business and Government, University of Canberra, Australia SABINE KUHLMANN is Assistant Professor in politics and government in Germany and Europe at the University of Potsdam, Germany PER LAEGREID is Professor at the Department of Administration and Organization Theory, University of Bergen, Norway MARTIN LODGE is Lecturer in Political Science and Public Policy at the Department of Government and the ESRC Centre for Analysis of Risk and Regulation, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK EDWARD C. PAGE is Sidney and Beatrice Webb Professor of Public Policy at the Department of Government of the London School of Economics and Political science, UK B. GUY PETERS is Maurice Falk Professor of American Government at the Department of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh, USA JON PIERRE is Professor of Political Sciences at the Department of Political Science, University of Gothenberg, Sweden ALEKSANDRA RABRENOVIC is a consultant for the World Bank, Belgrade, Serbia JOHN A. ROHR is Professor of Public Administration at the Centre for Public Administration and Policy, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA LUC ROUBAN is Director of the Centre National de la Récherche Scientifique (CNRS) at the Centre de Recherches Politique de Sciences Po (CEVIPOF), Paris, France TRUI STEEN is Assistant Professor at the Department of Public Administration, University of Leiden, Netherlands, and a fellow at the Public Management Institute, University of Leuven, Belgium RICHARD J. STILLMANN, II is Professor of Public Administration at the Department of Public Administration, University of Colorado at Denver, USA, and editor in chief of the Public Administration Review CASPAR VAN DEN BERG is a Ph.D. student at the Department of Public Administration, University of Leiden, Netherlands TONY VERHEIJEN is a Public Sector Management Specialist at the World Bank ANCHRITT WILLE is Assistant Professor at the Department of Public Administration, University of Leiden, Netherlands CHARLES WISE is Professor and Director of the John Glenn School of Public Affairs, Ohio State University, USA LOIS R. WISE is Professor of Public Administration at the School for Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, USA

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