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The State at Work, Volume 2
Comparative Public Service Systems
9781843765172 Edward Elgar Publishing
Representing the most extensive research on public employment, this volume explores the radical changes that have taken place in the configuration of national public services due to a general expansion of public employment that was followed by stagnation and decreases. Part-time employment and the involvement of women also increased as a component of the public sector and were linked to the most important growth areas such as the educational, health care and personal social services sectors. The two volumes that make up this study shed important insight on these changes.
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Representing the most extensive research on public employment, these two volumes explore the radical changes that have taken place in the configuration of national public services due to a general expansion of public employment that was followed by stagnation and decreases. Part-time employment and the involvement of women also increased as a component of the public sector and were linked to the most important growth areas such as the educational, health care and personal social services sectors. The two volumes that make up this study shed important insight on these changes.
Volume 1 offers a unique internationally comparative multi-dimensional analysis of ten public service systems belonging to different families of major advanced western countries. It contains the most comprehensive and comparable quantitative analyses available anywhere of ten public service systems; Britain, New Zealand, Australia, Canada, the US, Germany, Spain, France, Denmark and Sweden.
Volume 2 is a comprehensive analysis of the ten public service systems, with in-depth comparisons of the systems along eight dimensions including central-regional-local government employment proportions and the change of the services since the 1950s with respect to social composition (gender, minorities, elites, career groups).
Scholars and professionals in the fields of public administration, politics and economics will find this two-volume compendium informative and practical.
Volume 1 offers a unique internationally comparative multi-dimensional analysis of ten public service systems belonging to different families of major advanced western countries. It contains the most comprehensive and comparable quantitative analyses available anywhere of ten public service systems; Britain, New Zealand, Australia, Canada, the US, Germany, Spain, France, Denmark and Sweden.
Volume 2 is a comprehensive analysis of the ten public service systems, with in-depth comparisons of the systems along eight dimensions including central-regional-local government employment proportions and the change of the services since the 1950s with respect to social composition (gender, minorities, elites, career groups).
Scholars and professionals in the fields of public administration, politics and economics will find this two-volume compendium informative and practical.
Contributors
Contributors: J.G. Christensen, H.-U. Derlien, J.I. Gow, R. Gregory, S. Heinemann, H. Nelson, T. Pallesen, B.G. Peters, J. Pierre, L. Rouban, S.L. Sutherland
Contents
Contents:
1. Introduction
Hans-Ulrich Derlien and B. Guy Peters
2. Public Employment Trends and the Organization of Public Sector Tasks
Jørgen Grønnegaard Christensen and Thomas Pallesen
3. Public Employment and Multilevel Governance in Unitary and Federal Systems
Helen Nelson
4. Regional Government and Public Employment
B. Guy Peters
5. Local Government Employment
Jon Pierre
6. Women’s Employment and Part-time Employment in the Public Service
Silke Heinemann
7. Minority Representation: Language, Race and Ethnicity
James Iain Gow and Sharon L. Sutherland
8. Societal Links and Social Differentiation of the Public Service
Hans-Ulrich Derlien and Luc Rouban
9. Public Personnel Policies and Personnel Administration
Jørgen Grønnegaard Christensen and Robert Gregory
Index
1. Introduction
Hans-Ulrich Derlien and B. Guy Peters
2. Public Employment Trends and the Organization of Public Sector Tasks
Jørgen Grønnegaard Christensen and Thomas Pallesen
3. Public Employment and Multilevel Governance in Unitary and Federal Systems
Helen Nelson
4. Regional Government and Public Employment
B. Guy Peters
5. Local Government Employment
Jon Pierre
6. Women’s Employment and Part-time Employment in the Public Service
Silke Heinemann
7. Minority Representation: Language, Race and Ethnicity
James Iain Gow and Sharon L. Sutherland
8. Societal Links and Social Differentiation of the Public Service
Hans-Ulrich Derlien and Luc Rouban
9. Public Personnel Policies and Personnel Administration
Jørgen Grønnegaard Christensen and Robert Gregory
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