Public Service Bargains and Radical Civil Service Reform in the United States: A Great American Turkey Race?

2008 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 191-192
Author(s):  
Lloyd G. Nigro
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Civil Service ◽  
The United States ◽  
Civil Service Reform

scholarly journals Comparison of Civil Service Reform in the United States and Korea: Central Personnel Agencies and Senior Civil Service Systems

2012 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 101-123
Author(s):  
Choi Soon Young
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Civil Service ◽  
Service System ◽  
The United States ◽  
Political Context ◽  
Service Systems ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
The Political ◽  
Civil Service Reform ◽  
Service Commission

Recent changes to the Korean civil service system, such as the introductionof the Senior Civil Service system in 2006 and the elimination of theCivil Service Commission in 2008, superficially resemble changes introduced bythe Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 in the United States. This study comparesthe structures and characteristics of the two countries` civil service systems, theirreforms, and the political context and processes by which reform legislationcame to pass. Based on this comparison, policy implications are drawn forimproving the Korean civil service system.

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