The Foundation of Merit: Public Service in American Democracy

by Patricia W. Ingraham

Book Overview

The first systematic examination of the federal civil service in nearly forty years, The Foundation of Merit analyzes the historical development of the civil service in the context of the political and democratic environment that is central to its effectiveness and legitimacy. Patricia Ingraham describes theincremental and disjointed growth of the federal civil service and explains how, and why, it came to be a system with control in the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801851122
• ISBN13: 9780801851124
• Release Date: November 1995
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"