The autonomy of senior civil servants

C 2025

The autonomy of senior civil servants

STAROŇOVÁ, Katarína a Marek RYBÁŘ

Základní údaje

Originální název

The autonomy of senior civil servants

Autoři

STAROŇOVÁ, Katarína a Marek RYBÁŘ

Vydání

New York, Handbook of Bureaucratic Autonomy : Politics, Resources, Power, od s. 133-151, 19 s. Elgar Handbooks in Public Administration and Management, 2025

Nakladatel

Edward Elgar Publishing

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Kapitola resp. kapitoly v odborné knize

Obor

50600 5.6 Political science

Stát vydavatele

Spojené státy

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Forma vydání

tištěná verze "print"

Odkazy

URL

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Ano

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14230/25:00144501

Organizační jednotka

Fakulta sociálních studií

ISBN

978-1-80392-703-9

Klíčová slova anglicky

top civil servants; bureaucratic autonomy; politicization; politico-administrative relations

Štítky

EV_FSS25, rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 1. 4. 2026 12:22, Mgr. Blanka Farkašová

Anotace

V originále

This chapter examines the autonomy of senior civil servants (SCS) within contemporary parliamentary democracies, focusing on how their professional authority is shaped by institutional settings and interactions with political executives. Autonomy is conceptualized as both professional (policy-making and expert authority) and managerial (control over internal administrative decisions). We distinguish meritocratic, hybrid, and patronage environments, showing how formal rules governing recruitment and dismissal affect the balance between bureaucratic independence and political responsiveness. The chapter identifies strategies political leaders use to constrain SCS autonomy, including political appointments, expectations of loyalty, patronage practices, and the sidelining of expertise, particularly under democratic backsliding. In response, SCS deploy protective strategies such as functional politicization, signaling political competence, resistance, and exit.

Návaznosti

GA22-21665S, projekt VaV

Název: Politizace státu ve střední Evropě

Investor: Grantová agentura ČR, Politizace státu ve střední Evropě

Přiložené soubory

TheAutonomyOfSeniorCivilServants.pdf

Požádat o autorskou verzi souboru

Citovat

STAROŇOVÁ, Katarína a Marek RYBÁŘ. The autonomy of senior civil servants. In B. Guy Peters. Handbook of Bureaucratic Autonomy : Politics, Resources, Power. New York: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025, s. 133-151. Elgar Handbooks in Public Administration and Management. ISBN 978-1-80392-703-9. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781803927046.00018.

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STAROŇOVÁ, Katarína a Marek RYBÁŘ. The autonomy of senior civil servants. In B. Guy Peters. \textit{Handbook of Bureaucratic Autonomy : Politics, Resources, Power}. New York: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025, s.~133-151. Elgar Handbooks in Public Administration and Management. ISBN~978-1-80392-703-9. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781803927046.00018.

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