01227pab a2200157 454500008003600000100001800036245006600054362002800120520072000148650002700868650002800895773004300923909001000966999001700976952007600993180718b   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aPeters B. Guy  aSearching for a role: the civil service in American democracy  a14(4), Oct 93, p.373-86  aPolitical changes in the United States have produced several conflicting pressures on the public bureaucracy. On the one hand, the Regan administration placed greater demand for political responsiveness on civil servants; those pressures continued to a lesser degree in the Bush administration. At the same time, there are increasing pressures on civil servants from clients and interest groups for attention to their needs and demands. All these groups also seek to hold civil servants accountable, although in different ways. The public is often caught in the middle, and individual organizations may experience internal tensions arising from these conflicting demands. The public bureaucracy itself is composed o  a Bureaucracy -- U.S.A.  aCivil Service -- U.S.A.  aInternational Political Science Review  a25619  c25619d25619  00104070aIIPAbIIPAd2018-07-19pAR25691r2018-07-19w2018-07-19yAR