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Politicisation of the Civil Service: Contestation and Context

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  • Staronova Katarina

    (Institute of Public Policy, Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, Comenius University Bratislava, Slovakia.)

  • Knox Colin

    (Graduate School of Public Policy, Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan.)

Abstract

The politicization of the civil service is not a new phenomenon but it is highly contested and contingent on the environmental and institutional contexts in which it operates. The global environment has changed radically and has become more turbulent witnessed by, inter alia, the rise of populism and democratic backsliding. Institutional contexts have also changed as politicians demand greater accountability from officials in implementing their (mandated) policies. What is new is the various forms that politicization takes. This review paper takes relations between politicians, political staff and bureaucracy and offers a multi-dimensional analysis of the politicization concept: politicized appointments; politicized recruitment; behavioural politicization; and, structural politicization. We analyse politicization in different regimes: the UK as liberal democracy; Georgia as electoral democracy; and Turkey as electoral autocracy.

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  • Staronova Katarina & Knox Colin, 2024. "Politicisation of the Civil Service: Contestation and Context," NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy, Sciendo, vol. 17(2), pages 215-237.
    • Handle: RePEc:vrs:njopap:v:17:y:2024:i:2:p:215-237:n:1010
    DOI: 10.2478/nispa-2024-0019
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