Providing a novel, analytical perspective on executive government, this timely book examines recent public sector reform policies in a number of countries. The book exposes key dimensions of the relationship between public servants and the wider political system, examining both the formalized and the implicit understandings between the two.

• Preface


• Part 1: Surveying Public Service Bargains


• 1: Introducing Public Service Bargains


• 2: Trustee-Type Public Service Bargains


• 3: Agency-Type Public Service Bargains


• Part 2: Three Dimensions of Public Service Bargains


• 4: Reward in Public Service Bargains: Pyramids, Nobless Oblige, Turkey Races, and Lotteries of Life


• 5: Comptency in Public Service Bargains: Wonks, Sages, Deliverers, and Go-Betweens


• 6: Loyalty and Responsibility in Public Service Bargains: Judges, Executives, Partners, and Jesters


• 7: Putting the Pieces Together


• Part 3: Blame, Change, and Cheating


• 8: How Public Service Bargains Change and Fall


• 9: Public Service Managerialism and Public Service Bargains: Control, Blame Avoidance, and Cheating


• 10: Conclusion


• Appendixes


• Bibliography