The History of the United States Civil Service: From the Postwar Years to the Twenty-First Century provides a broad, comprehensive overview of the US civil service in the postwar period and examines the reforms and changes throughout that time. The author situates the history of the civil service into a wider context, considering political, social and cultural changes that occurred and have been influential in the history of American government. The book analyzes the development of administrative reorganizations, administrative reforms, personnel policy and political thought on public administration. It also underlines continuity and changes in the structures, organization, and personnel management of the federal civil service, and the evolution of the role of presidential control over federal bureaucracy. Taking an essential, but often neglected organization as its focus, the text offers a rich, historical analysis of an important institution in American politics. This book will be of interest to teachers and students of American political history and the history of government, as well as more specifically, the Presidency, Public Administration, and Administrative Law.

Covers material received in the library from January 1971-December 1974 and selected items received in 1975.

Description Presents a concise history of the United States civil service and the remarkable employees who have helped make our country great. While this official history traces the development of the Federal civil service from the founding of the United States of America to the present day, the watershed date is 1883, the year the Civil Service Act became law and the United States Civil Service Commission was established. This informative study traces the steady growth and development of the Federal Government's personnel system.