{"product_id":"the-foundation-of-merit-patricia-w-ingraham-9780801851124","title":"The Foundation of Merit: Public Service in American Democracy","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first systematic examination of the federal civil service in nearly forty years, \u003ci\u003eThe Foundation of Merit\u003c\/i\u003e analyzes the historical development of the civil service in the context of the political and democratic environment that is central to its effectiveness and legitimacy. Patricia Ingraham describes theincremental and disjointed growth of the federal civil service and explains how, and why, it came to be a system with control in the wrong places, with discretion in the wrong places, and why--in its current form--it has little hope of meeting the enormous challenges of the next century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book concludes with an examination of the need for reform, the challenges that have shaped that need, and the lessons from the past that should guide the reforms of the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Patricia Wallace Ingraham\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0801851122\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801851124\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.50d","brand":"Patricia Wallace Ingraham","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44059737358591,"sku":"9780801851124","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7f3dbf23-d5b3-4ec6-9750-7235eff4237c.jpg?v=1685060031","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-foundation-of-merit-patricia-w-ingraham-9780801851124","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}