This book addresses an important issue and debate in public administration: the politicization of civil service systems and personnel.

1. Politicization of the Civil Service: Concepts, Causes, Consequences B. Guy Peters and John Pierre 2. Political Responsiveness in a Merit Bureaucracy Joergen Gronnegaard Christensen 3. Politicization of the Swedish Civil Service: A Necessary Evil - Or Just Evil? Jon Pierre 4. The Politicization of the German Civil Service: A Three-Dimensional Portrait of the Ministerial Bureaucracy Eckhard Schroeter 5. Politicization of the Civil Service in France: From Structural to Strategic Politicization Luc Rouban 6. The British Civil Service: Examining the Question of Politicisation Charlotte Dargie and Rachel Locke 7. Politicization in the United States B. Guy Peters 8. The Search for a Responsive Bureaucracy in Canada Donald J. Savoie