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book charts the fascination with the mystical marriage, its implication in the various political conflicts of the seventeenth century, and its appeal to seventeenth-century writers, particularly women. First survey of a massive textual phenomenon in the seventeenth century Develops a useful, detailed historicist methodology Will have significant impact on research in the interpretation of early modern texts Author's profile in women's manuscript writing Covers broader topics such as Biblical commentary, popular Puritan literature and court writing '...this is a book of immense value for literary and religious historians alike, subtle in analysis and rigorous in research.' - Sarah Apetrei, Keble College Oxford, Journal of Ecclesiastical History JV

69D2591F-3FE7-4E3B-ADEF-E26708304FA8 515631 Electronic Book Text 515561 9780230311527 0230311520 Governance of Public Sector Organizations Proliferation, Autonomy and Performance E.Book GPM; Gov Public Sector Organ 27/10/2010 10/27/2010 563 IR and Development - Academic P. Lægreid; K. Verhoest 24382 Edited By Author Record 2 Research Professor Research Group on Public Administration and Management, Department of Political Science, University of Antwerp, Belgium 1970-08-21 12:00:00 koen.verhoest@soc.kuleuven.be Belgian 563 IR and Development - Academic Governance and Public Management GPM Scholarly Pal Scholarly E7 - Distributed to Vendors UK1 - Title Pending JPQ - Central government; JPP - Public administration; JPH - Political structure & processes; JP - Politics & government POL009000; POL017000; POL030000; POL028000 Politics - Public Administration, Management and Policy; Politics - Comparative Politics Professional and Scholarly 66.67 125.00 Green EPUB EBook 360 52 sa 2015-06-08 17:31:06.873 102617 All Formats 2009-04-28 00:00:00.000 Full Term Copyright Reforming Public sector organizations; P.Lægreid & K.Verhoest PART I: PROLIFERATION AND SPECIALIZATION The Structural Autonomy of the Norwegian State: Increased Specialization or a Pendulum Shift?; P.Lægreid, V.W.Rolland, P.G.Roness, & J-E.Ågotnes The Agency Landscape in Hungary 2002-2006; G.Hajnal Specialization and Fragmentation in Regulatory Regimes; J.Rommel, K.Verhoest & J.Matthys PART II: AUTONOMY AND CONTROL Policy and Management Autonomy of Federal Agencies in Germany; T.Bach Explaining Autonomy in Public Agencies: the Case of Hong Kong; M.Painter, J.P.Burns & W-H.Yee Determinants of Result-based Control in Italian Agencies; D.Barbieri, P.Fedele, D.Gall & E.Ongaro PART III: PERFORMANCE AND RESULTS The Long-run Performance of Decentralized Agencies in Québec; M-E.Quenneville, C.Laurin & N.Thibodeau Comparing Impacts of Modes of Governance; M.Van Genuchten Are Regulatory Agencies Delivering What they Promise?; M.Maggetti Performance of Public Sector Organizations: Do Managerial Tools Matter?; K.Verhoest, B.Verschuere, F.Meyers & A.Sulle PART IV: POST-NPM AND WHOLE -OF-GOVERNMENT: INCREASED COMPLEXITY Post-PNM Responses to Disaggregation through Coordinating Horizontally and Integrating Governance; J.Halligan Increased Complexity in Public Organizations the Challenges of Combining NPM and POST-NPM features; T.Christensen & P.Laegreid Organizing Public Sector Agencies: Challenges and Reflections; K.Verhoest & P.Laegreid Governance of Public Sector Organizations a nalyzes recent changes in government administration by focusing on organizational forms and their effects. Contributors to this edited volume demonstrate how generations of reform result in increased complexity of government organizations, and explain this layering process with multiple theories. Offers new insights into the performance and results of different organizational forms and structures Uses comparative surveys and comprehensive mapping in different countries and presents new research data Looks in detail at agencies in eleven countries, including Australia, the UK, the Netherlands and Hong Kong 'Global reform of governmental bureaucracies during the past 20 years or so has left academics and practitioners alike with a multitude of new questions, to which many old answers are no longer relevant. This book at once comprehensive yet sharply focused in its scope is an invaluable contribution to the search for new answers. It deserves to be widely read.' - Robert Gregory, Professor of Political Science, School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand 'Governance of Public Sector Organizations presents intriguing results from an international data collection effort. The volume offers a comprehensive analysis of contemporary institutional developments in central government, particularly the role of executive agencies in governance. Drawing on an international network of senior scholars, this book is theoretically rich, conceptually clear, and methodologically innovative. It is a significant contribution to our knowledge of the executive agencies.' - Jon Pierre, Professor of Political Science, Department of Government, University of Gothenburg, Sweden TOBIAS BACH Research Fellow, University of Potsdam, Germany DARIO BARBIERI Assistant Professor, Bocconi University, Italy JOHN P. BURNS Professor, University of Hong Kong, China TOM CHRISTENSEN Professor, University of Oslo, Norway PAOLO FEDELE Assistant Professor, Udine University, Italy DAVIDE GALLI Consultant at Business Integration Partners, Italy MARIEKE VAN GENUGTEN Assistant Professor, University of Twente, the Netherlands GYÖRGY HAJNAL Senior Researcher/Head of Department, ECOSTAT Government Research Institute, Department of Public Administration Research, Hungary JOHN HALLIGAN Professor, University of Canberra, Australia CLAUDE LAURIN Professor, HEC Montreal, Canada MARTINO MAGGETTI Senior Researcher/Lecturer, University of Zurich and University of Lausanne, Switzerland JOERY MATTHYS Researcher, Catholic University Leuven, Belgium FALKE MEYERS Expert, Flemish Agency for Personnel and Organization, Belgium EDOARDO ONGARO Professor, Bocconi University, Italy MARTIN PAINTER Professor, City University of Hong Kong, China MARIE-ÈVE QUENNEVILLE Lecturer, HEC Montreal, Canada VIDAR WANGEN ROLLAND Adviser, Norwegian Social Science Data Services, Norway JAN ROMMEL Researcher, Catholic University Leuven, Belgium PAUL G. RONESS Professor, University of Bergen, Norway ANDREW SULLE Research Fellow, Catholic University Leuven, Belgium NICOLE THIBODEAU Assistant Professor, Willamette University, USA BRAM VERSCHUERE Assistant Professor, University College Gent, Belgium WAY-HANG YEE Senior Research Associate, City University of Hong Kong, China JOHN-ERIK ÅGOTNES Adviser, Directorate of Fisheries, Norway JV

69D2591F-3FE7-4E3B-ADEF-E26708304FA8 515631 Electronic Book Text 515561 9780230311527 0230311520 Governance of Public Sector Organizations Proliferation, Autonomy and Performance E.Book GPM; Gov Public Sector Organ 27/10/2010 10/27/2010 563 IR and Development - Academic P. Lægreid; K. Verhoest 25927 Edited By Author Record 1 Professor Department of Administration and Organization Theory, University of Bergen, Norway 1969-04-16 00:00:00 per.lagreid@aorg.uib.no Norwegian 563 IR and Development - Academic Governance and Public Management GPM Scholarly Pal Scholarly E7 - Distributed to Vendors UK1 - Title Pending JPQ - Central government; JPP - Public administration; JPH - Political structure & processes; JP - Politics & government POL009000; POL017000; POL030000; POL028000 Politics - Public Administration, Management and Policy; Politics - Comparative Politics Professional and Scholarly 66.67 125.00 Green EPUB EBook 360 52 sa 2015-06-08 17:31:06.873 102617 All Formats 2009-04-28 00:00:00.000 Full Term Copyright Reforming Public sector organizations; P.Lægreid & K.Verhoest PART I: PROLIFERATION AND SPECIALIZATION The Structural Autonomy of the Norwegian State: Increased Specialization or a Pendulum Shift?; P.Lægreid, V.W.Rolland, P.G.Roness, & J-E.Ågotnes The Agency Landscape in Hungary 2002-2006; G.Hajnal Specialization and Fragmentation in Regulatory Regimes; J.Rommel, K.Verhoest & J.Matthys PART II: AUTONOMY AND CONTROL Policy and Management Autonomy of Federal Agencies in Germany; T.Bach Explaining Autonomy in Public Agencies: the Case of Hong Kong; M.Painter, J.P.Burns & W-H.Yee Determinants of Result-based Control in Italian Agencies; D.Barbieri, P.Fedele, D.Gall & E.Ongaro PART III: PERFORMANCE AND RESULTS The Long-run Performance of Decentralized Agencies in Québec; M-E.Quenneville, C.Laurin & N.Thibodeau Comparing Impacts of Modes of Governance; M.Van Genuchten Are Regulatory Agencies Delivering What they Promise?; M.Maggetti Performance of Public Sector Organizations: Do Managerial Tools Matter?; K.Verhoest, B.Verschuere, F.Meyers & A.Sulle PART IV: POST-NPM AND WHOLE -OF-GOVERNMENT: INCREASED COMPLEXITY Post-PNM Responses to Disaggregation through Coordinating Horizontally and Integrating Governance; J.Halligan Increased Complexity in Public Organizations the Challenges of Combining NPM and POST-NPM features; T.Christensen & P.Laegreid Organizing Public Sector Agencies: Challenges and Reflections; K.Verhoest & P.Laegreid Governance of Public Sector Organizations a nalyzes recent changes in government administration by focusing on organizational forms and their effects. Contributors to this edited volume demonstrate how generations of reform result in increased complexity of government organizations, and explain this layering process with multiple theories. Offers new insights into the performance and results of different organizational forms and structures Uses comparative surveys and comprehensive mapping in different countries and presents new research data Looks in detail at agencies in eleven countries, including Australia, the UK, the Netherlands and Hong Kong 'Global reform of governmental bureaucracies during the past 20 years or so has left academics and practitioners alike with a multitude of new questions, to which many old answers are no longer relevant. This book at once comprehensive yet sharply focused in its scope is an invaluable contribution to the search for new answers. It deserves to be widely read.' - Robert Gregory, Professor of Political Science, School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand 'Governance of Public Sector Organizations presents intriguing results from an international data collection effort. The volume offers a comprehensive analysis of contemporary institutional developments in central government, particularly the role of executive agencies in governance. Drawing on an international network of senior scholars, this book is theoretically rich, conceptually clear, and methodologically innovative. It is a significant contribution to our knowledge of the executive agencies.' - Jon Pierre, Professor of Political Science, Department of Government, University of Gothenburg, Sweden TOBIAS BACH Research Fellow, University of Potsdam, Germany DARIO BARBIERI Assistant Professor, Bocconi University, Italy JOHN P. BURNS Professor, University of Hong Kong, China TOM CHRISTENSEN Professor, University of Oslo, Norway PAOLO FEDELE Assistant Professor, Udine University, Italy DAVIDE GALLI Consultant at Business Integration Partners, Italy MARIEKE VAN GENUGTEN Assistant Professor, University of Twente, the Netherlands GYÖRGY HAJNAL Senior Researcher/Head of Department, ECOSTAT Government Research Institute, Department of Public Administration Research, Hungary JOHN HALLIGAN Professor, University of Canberra, Australia CLAUDE LAURIN Professor, HEC Montreal, Canada MARTINO MAGGETTI Senior Researcher/Lecturer, University of Zurich and University of Lausanne, Switzerland JOERY MATTHYS Researcher, Catholic University Leuven, Belgium FALKE MEYERS Expert, Flemish Agency for Personnel and Organization, Belgium EDOARDO ONGARO Professor, Bocconi University, Italy MARTIN PAINTER Professor, City University of Hong Kong, China MARIE-ÈVE QUENNEVILLE Lecturer, HEC Montreal, Canada VIDAR WANGEN ROLLAND Adviser, Norwegian Social Science Data Services, Norway JAN ROMMEL Researcher, Catholic University Leuven, Belgium PAUL G. RONESS Professor, University of Bergen, Norway ANDREW SULLE Research Fellow, Catholic University Leuven, Belgium NICOLE THIBODEAU Assistant Professor, Willamette University, USA BRAM VERSCHUERE Assistant Professor, University College Gent, Belgium WAY-HANG YEE Senior Research Associate, City University of Hong Kong, China JOHN-ERIK ÅGOTNES Adviser, Directorate of Fisheries, Norway JV

05DEAE5A-1CAC-44C1-A090-E2673E29717F 603348 Electronic Book Text 535844 9780230353725 023035372X India: Acquiring its Way to a Global Footprint E.Book India: Acquiring its Way to 15/12/2011 12/15/2011 612 Business Management Monos - Academic S. Yesudian-Storfjell 31679 Edited By Author Record 1 Associate Director, Aditya Birla India Centre London Business School 1971-02-06 12:12:00 sstorfjell@london.edu British 612 Business Management Monos - Academic Scholarly Pal Scholarly E7 - Distributed to Vendors UK1 - Title Pending KJK - International business; KJU - Organizational theory & behaviour; KJK - International business; KJU - Organizational theory & behaviour BUS035000; BUS035000; BUS020000; BUS015000 Business and Management - International Business and Management; Business and Management - International Business and Management; Business, Management, and Finance - Asian Business; Business, Management, and Finance - Globalization Professional and Scholarly 59.17 120.00 Green EPUB EBook 168 sa 2015-06-08 17:31:06.873 90000 Words 102617 All Formats 2012-02-02 12:12:00.000 Full Term Copyright Introduction United Phosphorus Videocon's Strategic Acquisitions to Become a Global Player in Consumer Electronics From Soaps to Software to Soaps: Wipro Acquires Unza Tata-Corus: Spearheading India's Global Drive to Growth Suzlon Energy Ltd: Making Forays Abroad Hindalco vs Novelis: A Case on Acquisition Dr Reddy's Global Strides: Will the Success Continue? Tusli Tanti - Suzlon's Green Warrior: David vs the Goliaths TATA Group: the Benign Hunter Conclusion Award winning case studies focusing on the growth of innovation in India. Each case study provides a comprehensive picture and analysis of the selected company's path to globalization Each case study helps in the understanding of the particular characteristics of an Indian company exhibited in the process of mergers and acquisitions JV

BB753B28-17AE-4814-8B8D-E276DD96A8D6 604879 Electronic Book Text 535629 9780230350090 0230350097 Where Have All the Senior Women Gone? 9 Critical Job Assignments for Women Leaders E.Book Where Have All the Senior Wo 30/09/2011 09/30/2011 611 Prof Business Management - Academic I. Wichert 31737 By (Author) Author Record 1 Consultant, Writer and Speaker ines@ineswichert.com 611 Prof Business Management - Academic Scholarly Pal Scholarly E7 - Distributed to Vendors UK1 - Title Pending KJM - Management & management techniques; KJU - Organizational theory & behaviour; KJW - Office & workplace; KJM - Management & management techniques; KJU - Organizational theory & behaviour; KJW - Office & workplace BUS012000; BUS030000; BUS012000; BUS030000; BUS109000; BUS097000 Business and Management - Leadership and Strategy; Business and Management - Human Resources; Business and Management - Business Economics and Society; Gender - Gender & Society General/Trade 24.58 46.00 Green EPUB EBook 248 sa 2015-06-08 17:31:06.873 60000 Words 102617 All Formats 2011-02-18 12:00:00.000 Full Term Copyright Where Are All the Senior Women? In the Right Place at the Right Time Being Selected for High Visibility Job Opportunities The Early Stretch Assignment International Experience Working In a Different Environment: New Roles, New Functions and New Industries People Management Responsibility Creating Something New: The Corporate Intrapreneuse Organisational Change: Merging, Downsizing, Re-Engineering and Other Transformations Dealing with Problems and Crises: The Turnaround Pro and Fire Fighter Operational Experience: P&L and Running Businesses Joining Board or Making your Name What Next? Essential career guidance for corporate women with talent and ambition and advice for HR leaders on managing a diverse workforce; it sets out nine job assignments that every woman should have on her CV in order to lay the way for promotion and progression and insights into the lessons learned by the top senior women (and men) in business. 'An excellent and insightful book. Ines has provided a highly strategic and practical text full of invaluable career advice. A must read for those seeking to recruit and retain the largely under-utilised talents of 50 per cent of the world's workforce. Mandatory for women who rightfully expect to have a fulfilling career and a family.' - Claire Braund, Executive Director, Women on Boards, Australia 'Ines Wichert has written a very important book: yes indeed, where are all the senior women? In facing up to the gritty realities for women competing in organisations and drawing on the experiences of senior female executives, she offers immensely practical, step-by-step advice on ways for women to rethink their careers and enhance progression. Men also need to understand how to encourage and promote female leaders. They also need to read this book.' - Dr. George Olcott, Non-executive director at Nippon Sheet Glass and NKSJ Holdings Inc. (Japan), and Professor at Tokyo University 'Dr Wichert has distilled the critical roles and experience required to get to the top echelons in business. The result is a clearly defined check list for women who want to hone their career plan and a must for businesses who are serious about enabling the 'right' career progression and development to get women to the top' - Charlotte Sweeney, Head of Diversity & Inclusion EMEA, Nomura International 'A useful and structured guide for women who want to get ahead in their careers on their own terms - but within the current corporate structures. This book shows that if your ambitions are clear there are practical steps you can take to retain your 'promotional material' status within the company. The book has a number of tough messages for women to step up and ASK but above all shows by examples that having a career as a senior executive can be exciting, fun, stretching and rewarding and you should not give up too soon.' - Elin Hurvenes, Founder & Chair, Professional Boards Forum, Norway 'This book fills a real gap and provides well supported advice to help women build their careers. Intrapreuneurial activity, vital to any large organisation, features rightly as one of the three leadership brands which women may adopt in their attempt to break through the glass ceiling.' - Doug Richard, Founder, School for Startups and Dragons' Den entrepreneur 'In my role as the Co-Chair of the London European Professional Women's Network, I have often asked myself, 'where are all the senior women? This is a must read book for any professional woman who wants to 'control the controllable' and take charge of her career. By searching out these career critical assignments, Ines shows how talented women can gain the confidence they need early in their career, accelerate their career after having children and contribute authentically to their organisations as they crash through the glass ceiling.' - Michelle Brailsford, Co-President, European Professional Women's Network, London 'This book succeeds brilliantly for a number of reasons: It pitches at the mid-ground between simpler cliché-ridden self-help books and weighty academic tombs; and the senior managers Ines interviews are well-chosen to have a range of experiences that make their narratives invaluable sources of information for the reader.. This book is strongly recommended for ambitious women setting out, or at the early stages of, a career in management. Their male counterparts will learn a lot from it too! Dr Wichert should be congratulated on a very important contribution to help women climb to the top of their profession, avoiding the buffers and sidings that have held back so many of their predecessors.' - Dr Brendan Burchell, Director of Graduate Education, Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge There is huge interest right now in gender and diversity in organizations and it is constantly discussed in the media Uses a unique structure based around the 9 critical job assignments that you must consider in an executive career Presents a new model for planning your career path and assessing your future Includes interviews with top business professionals worldwide The author will be doing a lot of promotion using her contacts in the field and in the media 'An excellent and insightful book. Ines has provided a highly strategic and practical text full of invaluable career advice. A must read for those seeking to recruit and retain the largely under-utilized talents of 50 per cent of the world's workforce. Mandatory for women who rightfully expect to have a fulfilling career and a family.' Claire Braund, Executive Director, Women on Boards, Australia 'Ines Wichert has written a very important book: yes indeed, where are all the senior women? In facing up to the gritty realities for women competing in organizations and drawing on the experiences of senior female executives, she offers immensely practical, step-by-step advice on ways for women to rethink their careers and enhance progression. Men also need to understand how to encourage and promote female leaders. They also need to read this book.' Dr George Olcott, Non-Executive Director at Nippon Sheet Glass and NKSJ Holdings, Inc. (Japan), and Professor at Tokyo University, Japan 'Dr Wichert has distilled the critical roles and experience required to get to the top echelons in business. The result is a clearly defined check-list for women who want to hone their career plan and a must for businesses who are serious about enabling the 'right' career progression and development to get women to the top.' Charlotte Sweeney, Head of Diversity and Inclusion, EMEA, Nomura International, Tokyo, Japan 'A useful and structured guide for women who want to get ahead in their careers on their own terms but within the current corporate structures. This book shows that if your ambitions are clear there are practical steps you can take to retain your 'promotional material' status within the company. The book has a number of tough messages for women to step up and ASK but above all shows by examples that having a career as a senior executive can be exciting, fun, stretching and rewarding and you should not give up too soon.' Elin Hurvenes, Founder and Chair, Professional Boards Forum, Norway 'This book fills a real gap and provides well-supported advice to help women build their careers. Intrapreuneurial activity, vital to any large organization, features rightly as one of the three leadership brands which women may adopt in their attempt to break through the glass ceiling.' Doug Richard, Founder, School for Startups, UK, and Dragons' Den Entrepreneur 'In my role as the Co-Chair of the London European Professional Women's Network, I have often asked myself, 'where are all the senior women?' This is a must-read book for any professional woman who wants to 'control the controllable' and take charge of her career. By searching out these career critical assignments, Ines shows how talented women can gain the confidence they need early in their career, accelerate their career after having children and contribute authentically to their organizations as they crash through the glass ceiling.' Michelle Brailsford, Co-President, European Professional Women's Network, London 'This book succeeds brilliantly for a number of reasons: it pitches at the mid-ground between simpler cliché-ridden self-help books and weighty academic tomes; and the senior managers Ines interviews are well-chosen to have a range of experiences that make their narratives invaluable sources of information for the reader. This book is strongly recommended for ambitious women setting out, or at the early stages of, a career in management. Their male counterparts will learn a lot from it too! Dr Wichert should be congratulated on a very important contribution to help women climb to the top of their profession, avoiding the buffers and sidings that have held back so many of their predecessors.' Dr Brendan Burchell, Director of Graduate Education, Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge, UK JV

36455E16-5A80-4D39-92A7-E27F924934D1 601654 Hardback 507082 9780230304833 0230304834 Civil Servants and Politics A Delicate Balance PSOS; Civil Servants and Politics 25/03/2013 03/25/2013 562 Political Science - Academic C. Neuhold; S. Vanhoonacker; L. Verhey 25669 Edited By Author Record 2 Chair in Administrative Governance Department of Political Science, University of Maastricht, the Netherlands 1962-11-08 12:12:00 s.vanhoonacker@maastrichtuniversity.nl Belgian 562 Political Science - Academic Public Sector Organizations PSOS Scholarly Pal Scholarly V6 - Manufacturing on Demand V2 - Published and in Stock JPQ - Central government; JPP - Public administration; JPH - Political structure & processes POL006000; POL009000; POL017000 Politics - Public Administration and Policy; Politics - Comparative Politics; Politics & IR - Local and National Poltics; Politics & IR - European Union Politics; Politics & IR - Political Behavior Professional and Scholarly 63.00 63.00 100.00 Green Hardback - ppc (paper over boards) 264 0 216 138 Millimetres 14 216 Millimetres 138 454 Grams importv 2015-03-26 07:35:17.937 90000 Words 102617 All Formats 2011-03-31 11:00:00.000 Full Term Copyright List of Tables List of Figures List of Abbreviations PART I: CIVIL SERVANTS AND POLITICS: SETTING THE SCENE Introduction; C.Neuhold & S.Vanhoonacker Politicisation: What is it and why should we care?; B.G.Peters Civil Servants and Politicians: Problems and Future Prospects; L.Verhey Civil Servants and Whistle-blowing: Loyal Neutrality and/or Democratic Ideal?; G.Hunt PART II: POLITICISATION OF CIVIL SERVANTS BETWEEN NEUTRALITY AND POLITICAL ACTIVISM? COUNTRY STUDIES Civil Servants and Politicians: A Very British Relationship; D.Woodhouse Managerialism and politicisation in the Dutch Civil Service; S.van Thiel Civil Servants: How to Support the Political Level: The French Case; F.Baron Civil Service Reform in Slovakia and Hungary: The Road to Professionalisation?; K.Staronova Civil Servants and Politics in Germany; U.Battis PART III: SUPRANATIONAL BUREAUCRACIES AND CONSEQUENCES FOR ADMINISTRATIVE PLAYERS Commission Civil Servants and Politics: De-politicised Bureaucrats in an Increasingly Political Organisation; M.W.Bauer & J.Ege The European Parliament's Administration: Between Neutral and Politicised Competence; C.Neuhold & I.Romanyshyn Conclusion; S.Vanhoonacker, C.Neuhold & L.Verhey

This comparative study focuses on the changing relations between civil servants and politicians in the European Union in the last two decades. As well as national case studies this book also looks into politico-administrative relations in supranational institutions such as the European Commission and the European Parliament.

Mix of academic and practitioner contributors provide a unique insight into the politicization of civil servants, including B. Guy Peters; Frank Baron, Permanent Representative of the French National Assembly at the European Union and Yves Quitin, DG Personnel, European Parliament Adds substantively to the literature on the politicization of civil servants with broad base of analytical enquiry which covers the national administrations across a number of EU states but also includes coverage of national parliaments and supranational administrations 'This anthology deals with an enduring and highly important theme in public administration: the extent to which officials are recruited and promoted according to party-political criteria. The theme is crucial because it is related ...