 | The Promise and Paradox of Civil Service Reform Contains fourteen essays that examine, through a public policy focus, the 1978 civil service reform and its aftermath. The essays view policy design, implementation, and evaluation, as well as the overall politics of administration and institutional change. An indispensible tool for students of public administration, bureaucratic politics, and personnel policy. Patricia W. Ingraham is professor of public administration and political science at Syracuse University. David H. Rosenbloom is Distingushed Professor of public administration at American University. |
