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100			_aMcGrath, Robert J.
245			_aThe rise and fall of radical civil service reform in the US states
260			_c2013
300			_ap.638-649.
362			_aJul-Aug
520			_aInitiated by a 1996 Georgia statute, radical civil service reform quickly swept the United States. This article explains the wax and eventual wane of state efforts to increase the number of at-will employees at the expense of the population of fully protected merit system employees. Using an event history approach to explain this policy diffusion with state-level variables, the author shows that electoral competition and gubernatorial powers are the most significant determinants of this kind of policy diffusion. Whereas previous literature concluded that these reforms ceased spreading because the new programs were failing to create the promised governmental efficiency, this article argues that the institution conditions for these human resource management policies have been less propitious in recent years. The article signifies an important contribution in that it brings civil service reform back into the scope of policy diffusion literature and identifies political insights into a perpetually important question. - Reproduced.
650			_aAdministrative reform - United states
650			_aCivil service - United states
650			_aAdministrative reform
773			_aPublic Administration Review
908			_aN
909			_a100628
999			_c100627 _d100627