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100			_aPeason William M.
245			_aExpanding the opportunity for partisan activity among government employees: potential effects on fenderal executives political involvement
362			_a16(4) Apr 1993, p.511-25
520			_aAlmost half the respondents to a 1990 survey of federal Senior Executive Service personnel said their political activity, would increase if Hatch Act constraints on partisan political involvement were removed. More than one-third predicted that if the permitted, they would distribute partisan compaign literature organize political meetings, and publicly endorse condidates-activities the Hatch ActBnow prohibits. Scaling techniques reveal respondent's present poliCical activity level is 2.58(on a 1-10 scale), increasing to an estimated 4.07 with Hatch Act liberalization. The potential for expanded political activity is disporsed widely through the SES, but it appears greatest among females, non-whites, youths, n
650			_a Political Activities
650			_a Government Employees
650			_a Federal Hatch Act, 1939
650			_a Federal Executives
650			_aCivil Service -- Political Activities -- U.S.A.
700			_aCastle David S.
773			_aInternational Journal of public Administration
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