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Civil Service Commission 1855-1991 - A Bureau Biography (Paperback)
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Civil Service Commission 1855-1991 - A Bureau Biography (Paperback)
Series: British Politics and Society
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The Civil Service Commision was created in 1855 and became the key
institution in the development of the British civil service. Its
work was primarily the recruitment of civil servants by fair
methods, treating all qualified applicants equally, and using open
competitions wherever practicable. It was held in high esteem not
only in the United Kingdom but also in the many other countries
throughout the world which, in many places, modelled their methods
of public service recruitment on its pioneering work. It continued
until 1991, when most of its work was devolved to over 3,000
government departments and executive agencies. This book describes
the gestation, growth, development and eventual demise of the
Commision and includes a number of in-depth case studies. Using
source material such as official files, many only recently
available for research, together with other records and evidence to
official committees, the book provides a biography of an
institution. It shows how the department was formally organised and
there is a particular focus on how it actually worked on a
day-to-day basis. With three in-depth chapters on the chronological
development of the Commision and seven case studies of themes or
issues that reveal methods of work and influences on its
activities, this book uses file-based research more extensively
than any other history of a British government department. The
Civil Service Commision, 1855-1991 reveals insights into civil
service recruitment and makes a major original contribution to our
understanding of the practice and politics of public
administration.
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