Politicization and the Replacement of Top Civil Servants in Denmark

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Christensen, Jorgen Gronnegaard; Klemmensen, Robert; Opstrup, Niels
• 署名单位: Aarhus University; University of Southern Denmark
• 刊物名称: GOVERNANCE-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF POLICY ADMINISTRATION AND INSTITUTIONS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0952-1895
• DOI: 10.1111/gove.12036
• 发表日期: 2014
• 关键词: performance; CONTRACTS; turnover

摘要

This article of top civil servants in Danish central and local government sheds new light on politicization. A survival analysis shows that since 1970, the risk that a top civil servant will be replaced has increased. There is no evidence of politicization in central government while city managers' risk of replacement increases both when a new mayor, representing another party and holding an absolute majority, and when the shift of mayor takes place within the same party. We interpret these results as evidence of the adaptability of the merit civil service and political executives' stronger insistence on their authority to make discretionary replacements.