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100			_aHodder, Rupert
245			_aMerit versus kinship: A category mistake? The case of the Philippine civil service
260			_c2014
300			_ap.370-388.
362			_aDec
520			_aAcceptance of merit's pivotal role in establishing and maintaining effective bureaucracies has become second nature. In this paper I explore the association between merit and kinship in the Philippine civil service, although the conclusions that emerge are not peculiar either to the case of the Philippines or to the ﾑdevelopingﾒ world in general. I argue that merit is no less social than kinship; that its meaning for actors is broader, and the value of kinship and other ﾑtraditionalﾒ social categories of behavior greater, than commentators and reformers often allow for. Indeed, when merit is narrowly defined (as it so often must be for practical reasons) and its complex dimensions ignored, it is socially divisive, produces deep inequalities, and leaves organizations less flexible and less capable of innovation. I suggest that, however paradoxical it might seem, more effective, humanitarian, flexible, and creative organizations thrive in what is often portrayed as an unsatisfactory transitional state between third-world informality and Weberian-style formality. - Rep
650			_aBureaucracy - Philippines
650			_aCivil service - Philippines
650			_aCivil service
773			_aPublic Administration and Development
908			_aN
909			_a106965
999			_c106960 _d106960