Civil Servants and Public Policy
Résumé
This thoroughgoing study of international secretariats might be entitled "What the International Civil Servant Really Does," as opposed to what he or she should do or is believed to do. The author interviewed international officials, studied the documents of the agencies involved, and reviewed the relevant literature in an intensive investigation of the political role played by international secretariats of United Nations organizations. He suggests that various factors are involved in determining the role of these secretariats—size, types of functions, the degree of control exercised by member governments, the relative technical expertise of these governments and secretariat officials, the personalities of these officials. An original conclusion is reached: civil services, at least at the international level, do not necessarily play a significant policy-making role in their organizations.
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Editeur : Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Publication : 31 décembre 2005
Intérieur : Noir & blanc
Support(s) : Livre numérique eBook [PDF]
Contenu(s) : PDF
Protection(s) : Marquage social (PDF)
Taille(s) : 8,27 Mo (PDF)
Langue(s) : Anglais
EAN13 Livre numérique eBook [PDF] : 9780889206984
EAN13 (papier) : 9781554585441