POLITICAL SCIENCE Chapter Notes - Chapter BUREAUCRACY IN MODERN STATES: Nonpartisanism, Legislature Iii Of Italy

• School: University of Calicut
• Department: Humanities
• Course: POLITICAL SCIENCE

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The term executive includes not only the head of the state, but also the entire body of administrative officials, high and low. Those who actually run the department and implement the policies of the government are known as members of the permanent executive or the civil service. Thus, according to laski, every state is enormously dependent, upon the quality of its public officials . The basic features of the civil services are the following:- Non-partisan, i. e. , whichever political party is in power and whatever programs and policies it may have, the permanent services serve them faithfully. They are expected to be politically neutral in the performances of their official functions. They are or become experts in their jobs. They are selected on the basis of open competitive examination or interviews and then trained for the job entrusted to them. Anonymity that is they have to work for their departmental or political head, unseen and unknown to the outer world.