Public Jobs and Political Agendas : The Public Sector in an Era of Economic Stress Paperback / softback
Edited by Daniel J. B. Mitchell
Part of the LERA Research Volumes series
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In many ways the public sector and the private sector share concerns about how best to manage their employment functions: recruitment, evaluation, incentives, discipline, retention, compensation.
There are also substantial differences between the two sectors.
Not surprisingly, a period such as the Great Recession and its aftermath highlights those differences.
Some state and local governments that had engaged in precarious fiscal practices were thrust into public attention as their tax revenues receded.
But that is not the whole story. The reasons public sector workers and human resource practices are under scrutiny go beyond the impact of a recession putting the spotlight on already-strained budgets. Public Jobs and Political Agendas spotlights the important public/private differences that account for the special attention visited upon the public sector starting with the Great Recession.
The first of these differences was the timing of the response to the recession and its aftermath on revenues.
The second difference involves employee compensation and the contrasts between public and private practices in that area.
Intertwined with these two factors is the role of politics: social welfare programs have been targeted in recent years, with repercussions for even the most efficient state and local government agencies and their employees. Contributors: Keith A. Bender, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Ilana Boivie, National Institute on Retirement Security; Ellen Dannin, Pennsylvania State University; Gloria Davis-Cooper, University of West Indies; Sabina Dewan, Center for American Progress; John S.
Heywood, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; David Lewin, UCLA Anderson School of Management; Daniel J.B.
Mitchell, UCLA Anderson School of Management and the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs; Charlene M.
L. Roach, The University of The West Indies; William M.
Rodgers III, Rutgers University; Mildred E. Warner, Cornell University; Christian Weller, University of Massachusetts Boston and Center for American Progress
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- Pages:264 pages
- Publisher:Cornell University Press
- Publication Date:11/09/2012
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- ISBN:9780913447055
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:264 pages
- Publisher:Cornell University Press
- Publication Date:11/09/2012
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- ISBN:9780913447055