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For Public Service - State, Office and Ethics (Paperback)
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For Public Service - State, Office and Ethics (Paperback)
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This book develops a particular stance on the subject of public
service. It does so in large part by indicating how early modern
political concepts and theories of state, sovereignty, government,
office and reason of state can shed light on current problems,
failings and ethical dilemmas in politics, government and political
administration. Simply put, public service is an activity involving
the constitution, maintenance, projection and regulation of
governmental authority. Public service therefore has a distinctive
character because of the singularity of its 'official' object or
'core task' - namely, the activity of governing in an official
capacity through and on behalf of a state. In pursuing this
activity, public servants - civil, juridical and military - have a
range of tasks to perform. It is only once the nature of those
tasks is appreciated that we are able to identify the unique
character of public service. The authors employ early modern
political concepts and doctrines of state, sovereignty, government,
office and reason of state in order to critically analyse
contemporary political issues and offer solutions to problems
concerning the status and conduct of public service. This book aims
to remind public servants of the status of their 'calling' as
office-holders in the service of the state, a daunting task given
the rising tide of populism and the widespread prevalence of
anti-statist, bureaucrat-bashing political discourse. It stresses
the governmental dimension of the work of public servants as
occupants of official roles in the service of the state, in order
to reinforce their legitimate position in articulating public
interests against the excesses of private interests and intense
partisanship that continue to dominate many societies. This timely
and thought-provoking book will be of great interest to those
working within a range of fields in the humanities and social
sciences, including political science, history, sociology,
philosophy, organization studies and public administration.
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