Now in a new, thoroughly revised and updated second edition, this legal-historical analysis reviews and enlarges its look at the constitutional rights of federal employees from the nation's founding to the present. Rosenbloom concludes that the current status of constitutional rights may reflect a shift to a model based on private sector practices.

David H. Rosenbloom is Distinguished Professor of Public Administration at American University. Among his major awards are the Dwight Waldo and John Gaus awards for career achievement in public administration scholarship and the National Academy of Public Administration Louis Brownlow Best Book Award. He is the author of numerous books and articles.