弗兰·J.汤普森（Frank J.Thompson）美国加州大学伯利分校（University of California，Berkley）政治学博士，现任纽约州大学（State University of New York）洛菲勒学院院长。在政治学与行政学、健康政策、政策执行、公共人事政策等研究领域出版了多部作品。
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PREFACE PART Ⅰ Beginnings: Politics and Public Personnel Policy 1 Americanizing a Foreign Invention: The Pendleton Act of 1883 2 The Pendleton Act 3 Merit Systems and Politics 4 Merit, Morality, and Democracy PART Ⅱ Merit Systems: Triumph, Discontent,and the Shadow 5 The Silent Revolution in Patronage 6 Rutan v. Republican Party of Illinois 7 The Civil Service: A Meritless System? 8 Position Classification: A Behavioral Analysis for the Public Service 9 Merit Pay in the Public Sector: The Case for a Failure of Theory 10 The Personnel Office: Friend or Foe? 11 The Illusion of Smallness 12 The Supreme Court and Private Contractors: Extraas from O'Hare Truck Service v. City of Northlake and Board of County Commrs. v. Umbehr PART Ⅲ Merit Systems and Executive Leadership 13 The Idea of a Civil Service: A Third Force? 14 The Malek Manual 15 Testimony on Civil Service Reform and Organization 16 Leadership for Governance 17 The Governor as Leader: Strengthening Public Service Through Executive Leadership PART Ⅳ Equal Employment Opportunity and Representation 18 The Negro and the Federal Service in an Era of Change 19 Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, As Amended 20 Griggs, et al. v. Duke Power Co. 21 Through the Glass Ceiling: Prospects for the Advancement of Women in the Federal Civil Service 22 Cultural Diversity Programs to Prepare for Work Force 2000: What's Gone Wrong? PART Ⅴ Employee Rights and Labor Relations 23 Public Personnel Administration and the Constitution: An Emergent Approach 24 Strikes in the Public Service 25 The Limits of Collective Bargaining in Public Employment 26 The Impacts of Collective Bargaining on Local Government Services:A Review of Research 27 Working Together for Public Service PART Ⅵ Toward Reinvention 28 Hard Truths/Tough Choices: An Agenda for State and Local Reform 29 From Red Tape to Results: Creating a Government That Works Better and Costs Less 30 People and Performance: Challenges for the Future Public Service--the Report from the Wye River Conference
