Valuing Bureaucracy : The Case for Professional Government
By: Verkuil, Paul R.
Publisher: United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press , 2017Description: 180, pp.ISBN: 9781316629666.Subject(s): Public administration -- Administrative responsibility -- Public contracts -- PrivatizationDDC classification: 341.73 Summary: To be effective, government must be run by professional managers. When decisions that should be taken by government officials are delegated to private contractors without adequate oversight, the public interest is jeopardized. Vercuil uses his inside perspectives on government performance and accountability to examine the tendencies at both the federal and state levels to 'professionalize' government. Viewing the turn to contractors and private sector solutions in ideological and functional terms, he acknowledges that the problem cannot be solved without meaningful civil service reforms that make it easier to hire, incent and, where necessary, fire career employees and officials. The indispensable goal is to revitalize bureaucracy so it can continue to competently deliver essential services. By highlighting the leadership that already exists in the career ranks, Verkuil senses a willingness, or even eagerness, to make government, like America, great again.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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To be effective, government must be run by professional managers. When decisions that should be taken by government officials are delegated to private contractors without adequate oversight, the public interest is jeopardized. Vercuil uses his inside perspectives on government performance and accountability to examine the tendencies at both the federal and state levels to 'professionalize' government. Viewing the turn to contractors and private sector solutions in ideological and functional terms, he acknowledges that the problem cannot be solved without meaningful civil service reforms that make it easier to hire, incent and, where necessary, fire career employees and officials. The indispensable goal is to revitalize bureaucracy so it can continue to competently deliver essential services. By highlighting the leadership that already exists in the career ranks, Verkuil senses a willingness, or even eagerness, to make government, like America, great again.
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