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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Civil Servants and Politics: Setting the Scene
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Politicisation of Civil Servants between Neutrality and Political Activism? Country Studies
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Supranational Bureaucracies and Consequences for Administrative Players
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Back Matter
About this book
Reviews
'This anthology deals with an enduring and highly important theme in public administration: the extent to which officials are recruited and promoted according to party-political criteria. The theme is crucial because it is related to administrative effectiveness and trust in government. The authors present cases that illustrate very well the many variants of such politicisation within Europe.'
Morton Egeberg, ARENA Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo, Norway.
This interesting book is a significant addition to the literature on the interface between elected and unelected public officials. It is topical, intelligent in its selection of case studies - the chapters on the eurocracy are original and rigorous- and balanced in its conclusions. It nuances what 'politicisation' of public administration means in a changing Europe with its multiple layers of governance, facing issues of great complexity and under permanent media spotlight. This is an important book to anyone wishing to understand politics.
Sir Julian Priestly, Former Secretary General of the European Parliament, 1997-2007.
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Political Science, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
Christine Neuhold, Sophie Vanhoonacker
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Leiden Law School, Leiden University, The Netherlands
Luc Verhey
About the editors
SOPHIE VANHOONACKER is Professor of Administrative Governance and has a chair in Administrative Governance at the Department of Politics at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Maastricht University, the Netherlands. Her main field of research is European administrative governance with a particular focus on the role of bureaucracies/diplomats in the European foreign policy process.
LUC VERHEY is a Member of the Advisory Division of the Dutch Council of State and Professor of Constitutional and Administrative Law at the Leiden Law School, Leiden University, the Netherlands. His main field of research is constitutional law with a particular focus on parliamentary law, public accountability, legislation and human rights.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Civil Servants and Politics
Book Subtitle: A Delicate Balance
Editors: Christine Neuhold, Sophie Vanhoonacker, Luc Verhey
Series Title: Public Sector Organizations
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137316813
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-30483-3Published: 25 March 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-33872-6Published: 01 January 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-31681-3Published: 25 March 2013
Series ISSN: 2946-2290
Series E-ISSN: 2946-2304
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 246
Topics: Political Science, European Union Politics, Public Policy, Comparative Politics, Public Administration, Democracy