UNITED STATES: Has the civil service been politicised?
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- Public service tradition
- US federal bureaucracy
- Civil servants
- General recruitment policy
- Elite civil servants
- Political appointees
- Agency-based recruitment
- Justified cases
- Recent extension
- Untoward expansion?
- Politicisation
- Bush administration practices
- Policy-making advantages
- Agenda implementation
- Enhanced loyalty
- Dangers
- Bad policy-making
- Lesser managerial competence
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