POLS 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Public Administration, Good Governance
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Ch 11 bureaucracy, policy, studies, and governance. It can be argued that the modern civil service (bureaucracy) originated in britain, after the. This recommended a division between civil servants occupied the routine administrative tasks, and those who helped with policy formulation. It also recommended the appointment of civil servants on merit, rather than through patronage. The old model of the british civil service is now fading. Recruitment for most officials is still based on merit, but politicians frequently appoint senior figures from outside the service. In france, far from being politically impartial, civil servants can serve as ministers. In the usa incoming presidents appoint advisors to key civil service positions (has to make. Colonialism ensured the spread of european moths to other countries. This was particularly the case in india, where appointment on the basis of merit was actually introduced earlier than in the uk (in 1853)
