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National Civil Service Systems and the Implications of Multi-level Governance: Weberianism Revisited?

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Previous publications in this project demonstrated that state-level administrative systems were affected by intergovernmental interaction. It is important to stress that the notion of intergovernmentalism involves both the exchange between various national states and the exchange between territorial levels within the state. The increased importance of these two types of intergovernmental exchange raises two important questions. The first is whether the available tools for comparative analysis of civil service systems are still adequate. The second is whether the national state is still the most appropriate level of analysis for understanding the nature and dynamics of contemporary governance.

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  1. Caspar F. van den Berg
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  1. University of Oklahoma, USA

    Jos C. N. Raadschelders (Professor and Henry Bellmon Chair of Public Administration) (Professor and Henry Bellmon Chair of Public Administration)

  2. Department of Public Administration, University of Leiden, Netherlands

    Theo A. J. Toonen (Professor) & Frits M. Van der Meer (Associate Professor) (Professor) &  (Associate Professor)

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van den Berg, C.F., Toonen, T.A.J. (2007). National Civil Service Systems and the Implications of Multi-level Governance: Weberianism Revisited?. In: Raadschelders, J.C.N., Toonen, T.A.J., Van der Meer, F.M. (eds) The Civil Service in the 21st Century. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230593084_7

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