Keir Starmer has promised "a renewed civil service; more agile, mission-focused and more productive". Like every government in recent history, his is pushing for improved "delivery"; for better ...

Not all resistance takes place in the streets. It can also unfold quietly inside institutions that shape law and policy. For more than a century, Americans have taken pride in a professional civil ...

The election is just a few days away, and while the presidential nominees are making their closing arguments, we wanted to make one last pitch to the candidates, and to those of you who can do ...

This paper focuses on the central role of civil service protections in delineating the boundary between politics and administration. I introduce a simple principal-agent framework to discuss the key ...