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Jobs for the Boys : Patronage and the State in Comparative Perspective.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2012Copyright date: ©2012Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (333 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674065185
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Jobs for the BoysDDC classification:
  • 324.2/04
LOC classification:
  • JF1651
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction: Weber's Ghost -- I. The Longue Durée -- 1. A System for All Seasons -- 2. Politics in the Construction of Reform -- 3. Après Reform: Deconstruction and Reconstruction -- II. A Contemporary Record -- 4. Latin America: Patterns of Patronage and Politics -- 5. Roots and Branches -- 6. Crafting Reform: Elite Projects and Political Moments -- 7. Ambiguous Futures: The Politics of Implementation -- Conclusion: The Politics of Institutional Creation and Re-creation -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: 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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Intro -- Contents -- Introduction: Weber's Ghost -- I. The Longue Durée -- 1. A System for All Seasons -- 2. Politics in the Construction of Reform -- 3. Après Reform: Deconstruction and Reconstruction -- II. A Contemporary Record -- 4. Latin America: Patterns of Patronage and Politics -- 5. Roots and Branches -- 6. Crafting Reform: Elite Projects and Political Moments -- 7. Ambiguous Futures: The Politics of Implementation -- Conclusion: The Politics of Institutional Creation and Re-creation -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

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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