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Every time control of the U.S. presidency is passed from one party to another, the entire top layer of the executive branch changes. Thousands of men and women take down their pictures, pack up their desks, and move back into private life, just as others dust off their pictures and move in. The U.S. stands alone in this respect. Nearly every other advanced democracy is managed-save for elected officials and a few top aides-by an elite cadre of top civil servants selected by highly competitive examinations.Hudleston and Boyer tell the story of U.S. efforts to develop higher civil service, beginning with the Eisenhower administration and culminating in the passage of the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978. Arguing that the highly-politicized U.S. system simply hasn't worked, they examine why and how reform efforts have failed and offer a series of recommendations for the future.

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Huddleston and Boyer offer a well-written and carefully documented account of various attempts to bring a "higher civil service" to the US. After providing a "broader context" for their study by exploring the "Chinese roots" of the world's civil service systems and by considering the configurations of such systems as they evolved in other countries, the authors focus on post-WW II efforts to institutionalize in the US a "neutrally competent" higher administration. In the course of their discussion, the authors underscore the problems of the Senior Executive Service (SES) created by the Civil Service Reform Act (CSRA) of 1978. They argue that some of SES's difficulties can be attributed to the country's lack of consensus regarding the fundamental character and role of a "higher civil service." The authors conclude by offering a set of proposals intended to advance the development of an "American higher civil service." Highly recommended for all academic libraries. G. L. Malecha University of Portland

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Mark W. Huddleston, formerly professor of political science, dean, and associate provost at the University of Delaware, is president of the University of New Hampshire.