TY - BOOK AU - Grindle,Merilee Serrill ED - ProQuest (Firm) TI - Jobs for the boys: patronage and the state in comparative perspective AV - JF1651 .G75 2012 U1 - 324.2/04 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Cambridge, Mass. PB - Harvard University Press KW - Civil service KW - Case studies KW - Public officers KW - Selection and appointment KW - Patronage, Political KW - Civil service reform KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: Weber's ghost -- A system for all seasons -- Politics in the construction of reform -- Apres reform: deconstruction and reconstruction -- Latin America: patterns of patronage and politics -- Roots and branches -- Crafting reform: elite projects and political moments -- Ambiguous futures: the politics of implementation -- Conclusion: the politics of institutional creation and re-creation; Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bacm-ebooks/detail.action?docID=3301266 ER -