J. Edward Kellough

The Fragility of Merit

Presidential Power and the Civil Service Under Trump

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Produktbeschreibung

The Fragility of Merit examines in detail the importance of a professionally competent and politically neutral public service. Illustrating the fragility of the federal civil service in the U.S, this book will benefit researchers, academics and students with an interest in public administration, government, and bureaucracy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. November 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm
• Gewicht: 453g
• ISBN-13: 9781032656373
• ISBN-10: 1032656379
• Artikelnr.: 71236329

Autorenporträt

J. Edward Kellough is Professor of Public Administration and Policy at the University of Georgia where he serves as Head of the Department of Public Administration and Policy. Dr. Kellough specializes primarily in the field of public sector human resources management. He is an elected Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration, has served as President of the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration (NASPAA), and has served as Chair of the Section on Public Administration of the American Political Science Association and as Chair of the American Society for Public Administration, Section of Personnel and Labor Relations and the Section on Public Administration Education.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The Evolution of the U.S. Public Service and the Concept of Merit 2.
Personnel is Power: Controlling Government by Controlling the Civil Service
3. Disabling the Merit Systems Protection Board 4. Trump's Executive Orders
on Federal Labor Relations 5. The Effort to Dismantle OPM 6. The Creation
of Schedule F 7. Changing Course at the FLRA 8. Concluding Thoughts: The
Risk to Expertise