Civil Servants And Their Constitutions
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Civil Servants And Their Constitutions
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Author : John Anthony Rohr
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
Civil Servants And Their Constitutions written by John Anthony Rohr and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Law categories.
Public administration as an American profession originated in the early twentieth century with urban reformers advocating the application of scientific and business practices to rehabilitate corrupt city governments. That approach transformed governance in the United States but also guaranteed recurrent debate over the proper role of public administrators, who must balance the often contradictory demands of efficiency and politically defined notions of the public good. Currently the business approach holds sway. Legitimated by Al Gore's National Performance Review, the New Public Management movement promotes entrepreneurs over civil servants, performance over process, decentralization over centralization, and flexibility over rules. John Rohr demurs, arguing that the movement goes too far in downplaying the distinctively American challenges arising from the separated powers principle. Consequently, the NPM alienates public management from its natural home—a nation-state established within a constitutional order. According to Rohr, "nothing is more fundamental to governance than a constitution; and therefore to stress the constitutional character of administration is to establish the proper role of administration as governance that includes management but transcends it as well." This is not a novel argument for Rohr, who was recognized in 1999 by the Louis Brownlow Committee of the National Academy of Public Administration for his lifetime contributions on the "constitutional underpinnings" of public administration. But this new version of his rule-of-law critique directly addresses the NPM's excesses, framed convincingly as a comparative study of cases found in four countries spanning three centuries. As a result, Rohr establishes that the constitutional-administrative nexus is intimate, stable, pervasive, and enduring. The first half of the book examines the linkages between constitutions and administrations in France, the United Kingdom, and Canada, all of them sufficiently similar to the United States to make comparisons meaningful and sufficiently different to provide illuminating perspectives on domestic practices. The examples extend from the French Revolution through the founding of the Canadian Confederation in the 1860s to such contemporary issues as the influence of administrative directives from Brussels on the British courts. The second half of the book examines American cases in three categories: separation of powers, individual rights, and federalism. In each case Rohr highlights instances of public management "with all its warts and wrinkles tending to the mundane details of translating great constitutional principles into everyday actions." American administrative law, Rohr concludes, has structured safeguards to protect the integrity of administrative decision-making while also holding it accountable. Constitutional law has helped establish civil servants' freedom of speech and applied the fundamental principles of federalism to the administrative process. He summarizes his findings from the case studies by saying that the constitutional role of American civil servants comes not only from specific American experiences but also from the very nature of civil service.
Public Service Ethics And Constitutional Practice
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Author : John Anthony Rohr
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
Public Service Ethics And Constitutional Practice written by John Anthony Rohr and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Business & Economics categories.
For civil servants who take an oath to uphold the Constitution, that document is the supreme symbol of political morality. Constitutional issues are addressed by civil servants every day, whenever a policeman arrests a suspect or members of different branches of government meet. But how well do these individuals really understand the Constitution's application in their jobs? This book encourages civil servants to reflect on specific constitutional principles and events and learn to apply them to the decisions they make. Twenty seminal articles by a preeminent scholar seek to legitimate public service by grounding its ethics in constitutional practice. John Rohr stresses that ethical practice demands an immersion in the specifics of our constitutional tradition, and he offers a guide to attaining a greater sense of those constitutional principles that can be translated into action. Along the way he considers such timely issues as financial disclosure, the treatment of civil servants as second-class citizens, and instances of civil servants caught between executive and legislative forces. Rohr's opening essays demonstrate that responsible use of administrative discretion is the key issue for career civil servants. Subsequent sections examine approaches to training civil servants using constitutional principles; character formation resulting from study of the constitutional tradition; and the ethical choices that are sometimes posed by separation of powers. A final group of chapters shows how a study of other countries' constitutional traditions can deepen an understanding of our own, while a closing essay looks at past issues and future prospects in administrative ethics from the perspective of Rohr's long involvement in the field. Throughout this insightful collection, Rohr seeks to remind public servants of the nobility of their calling, reinforce their role in articulating public interests against the excesses of private concerns, and encourage managers to make greater use of constitutional language to describe their everyday activities. Although his work focuses on the federal career civil servant, it also offers valuable lessons applicable to state and local civil servants, elected officials, judges, military personnel, and those employed in the nonprofit sector.
The Civil Servant In The Law And The Constitution
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Author : Cecil Stuart Emden
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1923
The Civil Servant In The Law And The Constitution written by Cecil Stuart Emden and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1923 with Civil service categories.
The Civil Service In The Constitution
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Author : Kenneth Clinton Wheare
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1954
The Civil Service In The Constitution written by Kenneth Clinton Wheare and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1954 with Civil service categories.
The Civil Service In The Constitution
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Author : Kenneth Clinton Wheare
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1954
The Civil Service In The Constitution written by Kenneth Clinton Wheare and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1954 with Political Science categories.
The Profession Of Government
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Author : Brian Chapman
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2024-06-26
The Profession Of Government written by Brian Chapman and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-06-26 with Political Science categories.
Originally published in 1959, and using material collected from eight languages, much of which was previously unpublished, this is a genuine comparative study, not merely describing each country separately, but an analysis of the most important questions facing 20th century public administration. A substantial historical introduction traces from Roman to modern times the concept and practice of public service and brings out the underlying unity of European experience.
The Civil Service Union
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Author : Civil Service Union
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1919
The Civil Service Union written by Civil Service Union and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1919 with categories.
Civil Service Systems In Anglo American Countries
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Author : John Halligan
language : en
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Release Date : 2004-01-01
Civil Service Systems In Anglo American Countries written by John Halligan and has been published by Edward Elgar Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-01-01 with Political Science categories.
'Civil Service Systems in Anglo-American Countries' presents a comprehensive overview of the important issues in modern bureaucracies, combined with a comparative analysis of the civil service systems & administrative traditions of five Anglo-American nations.
In Good Faith
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Author : Paul Grant
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2021-10-09
In Good Faith written by Paul Grant and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-09 with categories.
So much has happened in British government and politics in the last decade. The UK has experienced a period of coalition government (a rarity in peacetime), a period of minority government, a referendum on Scottish independence, another on leaving the European Union, and three general elections in less than five years. Now, in the aftermath of Brexit and during the Covid pandemic, the very future of the United Kingdom seems to be in question. Without any proper written rulebook as a constitution, the system of government relies on those working within it to play by the rules-written or not-and to operate in good faith. So can we rely on those in government to do that? Chapters cover the British Constitution; the Prime Minister and Cabinet; Ministers, Civil Servants and Departments; the House of Commons; the House of Lords; the Functions of Parliament; the 2017-19 Parliament; and Devolution. Paul Grant's writing draws on his 25 years as a British civil servant, most of it teaching fellow civil servants about how the British system of government works, followed by nine years as an outsider with a more detached view of how it operates. The book includes many contemporary examples of dramatic events and perspectives from constitutional experts, politicians and others that he has the privilege to know.
The Politics Of Harmony
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Author : Loyd E. Lee
language : en
Publisher: University of Delaware Press
Release Date : 1980
The Politics Of Harmony written by Loyd E. Lee and has been published by University of Delaware Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with Political Science categories.
The first modern history in English of a German state other than Prussia or Austria between the collapse of the Holy Roman Empire and the unsuccessful 1848 revolutions, the Politics of Harmony also contributes to the discussion regarding the modernization of German society, especially the social bases of liberalism and parliamentary government.