David H. Rosenbloom is Distinguished Professor of Public Administration at American University. Among his major awards are the Dwight Waldo and John Gaus awards for career achievement in public administration scholarship and the National Academy of Public Administration Louis Brownlow Best Book Award. He is the author of numerous books and articles.

Provides scholars, students of public administration, and public management practitioners with an invaluable overview of how courts have reshaped the public employment relationship. . . . [the book] should be mandatory reading for any student studing public administration and anyone serving as a government employee.

• Preface 1. The Public Employment Relationship 2. Development of the Public Employment Relationship, 1776-18293. The Spoils System and the Public Employment Relationship 4. Civil Service Reform and the Public Employment Relationship 5. Political Neutrality 6. Equality of Access to Civil Service Positions 7. Loyalty and Security 8. Building the Public Service Model 9. The Public Employment Relationship Today: Toward Convergence with the Private Sector? Bibliography Index

David H. Rosenbloom is Distinguished Professor of Public Administration at American University. Among his major awards are the Dwight Waldo and John Gaus awards for career achievement in public administration scholarship and the National Academy of Public Administration Louis Brownlow Best Book Award. He is the author of numerous books and articles.

Provides scholars, students of public administration, and public management practitioners with an invaluable overview of how courts have reshaped the public employment relationship. . . . [the book] should be mandatory reading for any student studing public administration and anyone serving as a government employee.

• Preface 1. The Public Employment Relationship 2. Development of the Public Employment Relationship, 1776-18293. The Spoils System and the Public Employment Relationship 4. Civil Service Reform and the Public Employment Relationship 5. Political Neutrality 6. Equality of Access to Civil Service Positions 7. Loyalty and Security 8. Building the Public Service Model 9. The Public Employment Relationship Today: Toward Convergence with the Private Sector? Bibliography Index

David H. Rosenbloom is Distinguished Professor of Public Administration at American University. Among his major awards are the Dwight Waldo and John Gaus awards for career achievement in public administration scholarship and the National Academy of Public Administration Louis Brownlow Best Book Award. He is the author of numerous books and articles.

Provides scholars, students of public administration, and public management practitioners with an invaluable overview of how courts have reshaped the public employment relationship. . . . [the book] should be mandatory reading for any student studing public administration and anyone serving as a government employee.

• Preface 1. The Public Employment Relationship 2. Development of the Public Employment Relationship, 1776-18293. The Spoils System and the Public Employment Relationship 4. Civil Service Reform and the Public Employment Relationship 5. Political Neutrality 6. Equality of Access to Civil Service Positions 7. Loyalty and Security 8. Building the Public Service Model 9. The Public Employment Relationship Today: Toward Convergence with the Private Sector? Bibliography Index