000			01038pab a2200181 454500
008			180718b1993 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
100			_aButler, Robin
245			_aThe evolution of the civil service _ba progress report
260			_c1993
300			_ap.395-406
362			_aAutumn
520			_aThe author have chosen the word `evolution' deliberately because he wants to convey the idea of the mutation of a body into something different over a period in response to external changes in the environment in which it operates. Evolution is also an apt word because it conveys that the changes have been taking place over a long period and are likely to last for a long time. The author sometimes asked what the final shape of the civil service will be, in tones that imply that the Head of the Civil Service ought to know the answer to that question which he does not know well
650			_aPublic administration
650			_aBureaucracy
650			_aCivil service
773			_aPublic Administration (U.K.)
909			_a26453
999			_c26453 _d26453