Definition
Political appointee: refers broadly to any employee who is appointed by the president.
Career executive: any person appointed to a high administrative and policy influencing position within the state/government public administration or civil service in the capacity to render management advice to political appointees.
Politicization: is a situation whereby political appointees’ control of the administrative sphere is growing and career executives (bureaucratic autonomy) are powerless or in retreat.
Introduction
Political appointee exist across all nations with any type of governance system in the world. Their appointments is often seen rewards for the loyalty for the president after a successful campaign. However, scholars’ advice that is should not be seen as a reward but only be seen as a chance to serve the...
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Matjie, M. (2018). Political Appointees and Career Executives. In: Farazmand, A. (eds) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_1267-1
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