Lorenzo Castellani is Research Fellow and Adjunct Professor in Contemporary History and History of Political Institutions at LUISS Guido Carli of Rome, Italy. He is a political analyst and commentator for national and international media.

"Few scholars look at how . . . presidents have sought greater political control over the civil service and sought to use it as an instrument of executive power. The History of the US Civil Service: From the Postwar Years to the Twenty-First Century fills this important gap [by] cogently and succinctly describing the political forces and tensions . . . that have arisen among presidents, Congress, and bureaucracy."David Schultz, Professor of Political Science, Hamline University, USA

• 1 The American State and Its Administration 112 From the Foundation of the Republic to WWII: A Brief Overview of the U.S. Civil Service History 363 From the Postwar Period to the 1960s: The Role of Federal Bureaucracy between Administrative Reorganization and Development of the Welfare State 794 The 1960s and 1970s: Administrative Growth, Pluralization, and Management 1035 Toward the Neo-managerial Age 135Conclusion: Continuity and Change in the U.S. Federal Civil Service 202

Lorenzo Castellani is Research Fellow and Adjunct Professor in Contemporary History and History of Political Institutions at LUISS Guido Carli of Rome, Italy. He is a political analyst and commentator for national and international media.

"Few scholars look at how . . . presidents have sought greater political control over the civil service and sought to use it as an instrument of executive power. The History of the US Civil Service: From the Postwar Years to the Twenty-First Century fills this important gap [by] cogently and succinctly describing the political forces and tensions . . . that have arisen among presidents, Congress, and bureaucracy."David Schultz, Professor of Political Science, Hamline University, USA

• 1 The American State and Its Administration 112 From the Foundation of the Republic to WWII: A Brief Overview of the U.S. Civil Service History 363 From the Postwar Period to the 1960s: The Role of Federal Bureaucracy between Administrative Reorganization and Development of the Welfare State 794 The 1960s and 1970s: Administrative Growth, Pluralization, and Management 1035 Toward the Neo-managerial Age 135Conclusion: Continuity and Change in the U.S. Federal Civil Service 202

Lorenzo Castellani is Research Fellow and Adjunct Professor in Contemporary History and History of Political Institutions at LUISS Guido Carli of Rome, Italy. He is a political analyst and commentator for national and international media.

"Few scholars look at how . . . presidents have sought greater political control over the civil service and sought to use it as an instrument of executive power. The History of the US Civil Service: From the Postwar Years to the Twenty-First Century fills this important gap [by] cogently and succinctly describing the political forces and tensions . . . that have arisen among presidents, Congress, and bureaucracy."David Schultz, Professor of Political Science, Hamline University, USA

• 1 The American State and Its Administration 112 From the Foundation of the Republic to WWII: A Brief Overview of the U.S. Civil Service History 363 From the Postwar Period to the 1960s: The Role of Federal Bureaucracy between Administrative Reorganization and Development of the Welfare State 794 The 1960s and 1970s: Administrative Growth, Pluralization, and Management 1035 Toward the Neo-managerial Age 135Conclusion: Continuity and Change in the U.S. Federal Civil Service 202