International Handbook on Civil Service Systems

Edited by Andrew Massey, Professor of Government, King's College London, UK

• Contents:PART I: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES1. Civil Service Systems: Introduction and Scope of the BookAndrew Massey2. The Weberian LegacyPeter Barberis3. Contrasting Anglo-American and Continental European Civil Service SystemsSylvia Horton4. Decentralization, Devolution and the Hollowing Out of the StateRobert Pyper5. Experiments with Joined-up, Horizontal and Whole-of-Government in Anglophone CountriesJohn Halligan, Fiona Buick and Janine O’FlynnPART II: SYSTEM AND COUNTRY COMPARISONS6. The Civil Service in ItalyElio Borgonovi and Edoardo Ongaro7. The United States Civil ServiceJ. Theodore Anagnoson8. A Splendid Ruined Reform: The Creation and Destruction of a Civil Service in ArgentinaAgustín E. Ferraro9. Comparative Perspectives of the Challenges and Prospects of Civil Service Reforms in Kenya, Tanzania and UgandaJohn-Mary Kauzya10. The Public Service of India: A Mapping ExpeditionO.P. Dwivedi and D.S. Mishra11. Towards Public Service-oriented Governance? Administrative Reform with ‘Chinese Characteristics’Mark Evans12. Japanese Public Administration at the Crossroads: Declining Trust in Government and Civil Service Reform in the Age of Fiscal RetrenchmentAkira Nakamura and Masao Kikuchi13. The Australian Public Service SystemJohn Halligan and Chris Sadleir14. The Civil Service in France: Contested Complacency?Michael Duggett with Manueline Desbouvries15. The United Kingdom Civil Service: A Devolving SystemRichard ParryIndex

This Handbook on civil service systems is truly international and comparative. It covers and compares countries from all continents. It also connects historical (Weberian) legacies to contemporary challenges such as coordination, the hollow state, and trust. Massey's Handbook does not avoid difficult issues for civil service systems such as ruined reforms, fiscal retrenchment, and cultural and political system shocks. Therefore this book is exceptionally rich and stimulating. --- Geert Bouckaert, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium