The State At Work, Volume 2

Edited by Hans-Ulrich Derlien, Professor of Public Administration, Social Science and Economics Faculty, Bamberg University, Germany and B. Guy Peters, Maurice Falk Professor of American Government, University of Pittsburgh, US and Honorary Professor, City University of Hong Kong. He also served as one of the co-editors at the founding stage of the journal Governance: An International Journal of Policy and Administration 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. Scholars and professionals in the fields of public administration, politics and economics will find this two-volume compendium informative and practical. 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). 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