President Woodrow Wilson told Black leaders, ‘Segregation is not a humiliation but a benefit, and ought to be so regarded by you gentlemen.’ He was one in a long line of racist American presidents.
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The science of politics became popular across Europe, alongside the rise of capitalism and empire in the 19th century.
Dominic Cummings should read up on a deeply flawed experiment from the 1940s before he reads through those job applications.
Transforming the civil service needs to go far beyond what degree new recruits studied.
Boris Johnson’s adviser is asking job applicants to give him their all. And in return? He’ll fire them on the spot if they don’t fit in.
In the US, some federal departments become known as ‘turkey farms’ – stuffed with loyal but ultimately useless political appointees.
Public officials are now in the spotlight: Does the public view them as professionals, bound by duty, or as elites who invoke ideals while pursuing their own agendas?
It’s dismantling the Office of Personnel Management and relocating hundreds of USDA research jobs on short notice.
South Africa’s finance minister delivered a budget that tried to balance serving the public interest, while maintaining the stability of public finances.
Keeping the water and power on, managing sewers and collecting garbage will help communities shattered by the Syrian civil war rebuild – and keep out the Islamic State, says a former aid official.
With Brexit mired in doubt, it could be said the stars are aligning for Scottish independence. But now it looks like the SNP could self-combust after the government’s humiliating court defeat.
The workload is huge. So how is the civil service doing at preparing for the changes ahead?
Government departments have been squeezed particularly hard over the past few years. Now they need to find thousands of people who can work out how to leave the EU.
The Trump administration may do well to make a friend of the federal bureaucracy it’s so intent on gutting, according to an expert who studies the role of civil servants in government.
The lack of respect shown to a senior civil servant working hard to make Brexit work is troubling.
The mandarins tasked with making Brexit happen are under strain.
There are worrying ramifications of the case against an honest bureaucrat in a corruption scandal in India.
The general loss of faith in the economy is the most important issue President Zuma must address. More radical social and economic transformation, with emphasis on land reform will be most critical.
South Africa’s government should urgently announce a moratorium on civil service employment growth. The country has reached its upper limit in the number of civil servants that can be sustained.
Sacked from your job and never told why. Is this the new normal for some workers in Britain?
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