The Civil Service in Europe : A Research Companion (Hardcover)

Preface;??Introduction;??Part I:?Concepts, Origins and Challenges;??1. Defining the Civil Service: Towards a Better Understanding of the Nature of Civil Service Systems in Europe;??2. Governing and Administering: The European Origins and Traditions of Civil Service;??3. The Changing Tasks and Environment of Public Administration: Challenges for the Civil Service;??Part II:?The Transformation of National Civil Service Systems;??4.?The Civil Service in Austria: Tradition, Reforms and the Impact of European Law;??5. The Civil Service in Belgium: Between Fragmentation and Common Principles;??6. The Civil Service in Denmark: From a Public to a Private Law Employment Regime;??7. The Civil Service in France: The Evolution and Permanence of the Career System;??8.?The Civil Service in Germany: A Service Based on Mutual Loyalty;??9. The Civil Service in Hungary: Differentiation and Privatisation Trends;??10. The Civil Service in Italy: A Flood of Legislative Reforms and a Few Safe Harbours;??11. The Civil Service in the Netherlands: The Normalisation of the Legal Status of Civil Servants;??12. The Civil Service in Poland: A Turbulent Path towards Professionalism, Merit-Based Recruitment and Insulation from Politicisation;??13. The Civil Service in Spain: The Deficit of Organisation in Public Employment and the Principle of Democracy;??14. The Civil Service in Sweden: Duality and Non-Specific Status of Civil Servants;??15. The Civil Service in Switzerland: Between Flexibility and Tradition;??16.?The Civil Service UK Style: Facing Up to Change?;??17. The Civil Service in Ukraine: Transformation in Times of War;??18. Development of the Civil Service in a Comparative Perspective;??Part III:?Supra- and International Systems of Civil Service;??19. The Civil Service of the European Union;??20. The Civil Service in International Organisations: The Example of the Coordinated Organisations;??Part IV:?In Search of Common European Standards: Public Sector Employment Regimes;??21.?Civil Service in Transition: Privatisation or Alignment of Employment Conditions?;??22.?The Particular Status of the Civil Service;??23. Ensuring the Independence of the Civil Service: Civil Service, Rule of Law and Democratic Backsliding;??24.?The Recruitment of Civil Servants: Bridging Democratic Requirements and Efficiency;??25. The Disciplinary Responsibility of Civil Servants: European Minimum Standards;??26. The Basic Principles of Civil Servants’ Remuneration: A Legal and Human Resource Management Analysis from a European Perspective;??27.?Civil Service Retirement Pension Regime;??28. Administrative Law and Bureaucratic Autonomy in a Comparative European Perspective;??Part V:?Gender Equality and Non-discrimination in the Civil Service;??29.?EU Non-Discrimination Law and its Potential Impact on the Civil Service of the Member States;??30.?Gender Equality in the Civil Service;??Part VI:?The Civil Service in the Digital Age;??31. The Internet and Digital Technologies as Essential Tools for the Civil Service;??32. The Civil Service and Artificial Intelligence;??33.?Public Administrations and Data Protection: An Unstoppable Europeanisation through Fundamental Rights;??34. Digital Competencies in the Civil Service;??Part VII:?The Role of Ethics in the Civil Service, Administrative Culture and the Fight Against Corruption;??35. Ethical Standards for the Civil Service in Europe: Substitutes for or Complements of Legal Rules?;??36. The Civil Service in Transition ? The Ongoing Transformation of Administrative Culture;??37. Common European Anti-Corruption-Standards for Civil Servants;??38. Europeanisation and the Impact of Deliberative and Participatory Democracy on the Civil Service;??Part VIII:?Rights and Freedoms of Civil Servants;??39.?Right of Access to the Public Service in the European Convention of Human Rights: A Missed Opportunity?;??40.?The Protection of Privacy in Civil Service Employment;??41. Freedom of Religion or Belief in the Civil Service: How to Stay Loyal to the State While Remaining True to Oneself?;??42.?Freedom of Expression of Civil Servants: Balancing Duties and Responsibilities with the Requirements of Open and Free Public Debate;??43.?The Development of a Legal Framework on Whistleblowing by Public Employees in the European Union;??44.?The Right to Join Trade Unions and Political Parties;??45.?The Right to Strike in the Civil Service;??46. The Right to a Fair Trial for Civil Servants and the Importance of the State’s Interest in Applying Article 6, Paragraph 1 ECHR;??Part IX:?The Transformation of the Civil Service under the Influence of a New Conceptualisation of Public Administration;??47. Do Public Management Concepts Have an Impact on Civil Service Regimes?;??48. Leading Trends in the Development of the Civil Service in Europe;??49. Political Influence and the Transformation of Civil Service Systems;??50. Civil Service Adaptation and Reform in the Context of European Governance, (De-) Europeanisation and National Competition;??51. Transformational Impulses of International Law and Union Law for the Civil Service