Civil servants and politics : a delicate balance - Neuhold, Christine, 1971-; Vanhoonacker, Sophie, 1962-; Verhey, L. F. M. (Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England ; New York, New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013)
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Preface -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Abbreviations -- Part I Civil Servants and Politics: Setting the Scene -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Politicisation: What Is It and Why Should We Care? -- 3 Civil Servants and Politicians: Problems and Future Prospects -- 4 Civil Servants and Whistle-Blowing: Loyal Neutrality and/or Democratic Ideal? -- Part II Politicisation of Civil Servants between Neutrality and Political Activism? Country Studies -- 5 Civil Servants and Politicians: A Very British Relationship -- 6 Managerialism and Politicisation in the Dutch Civil Service -- 7 Civil Servants: How to Support the Political Level: The French Case -- 8 Civil Service Reform in Slovakia and Hungary: The Road to Professionalisation? -- 9 Civil Servants and Politics in Germany -- Part III Supranational Bureaucracies and Consequences for Administrative Players -- 10 Commission Civil Servants and Politics: De-Politicised Bureaucrats in an Increasingly Political Organisation -- 11 The European Parliament's Administration: Between Neutral and Politicised Competence -- 12 Conclusion -- Index.
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
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Keywords: Civil service -- Political activity -- European Union countries; Interorganizational relations -- Europe; European Union countries -- Officials and employees; European Union countries -- Politics and government; elektronické knihy; electronic books