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dc.contributor.authorGrube, Dennis
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T14:55:57Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T14:55:57Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.issn0032-3179
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/1467-923X.12113
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/69072
dc.description.abstractPublic service mandarins were once largely anonymous, diligently wielding their great power behind the scenes while their political masters performed on the front stage. Things have changed. Today, civil service leaders are appearing publicly more often, in more places and to a wider range of audiences than ever before. This article examines the extent to which this decline in anonymity impacts on traditions of civil service impartiality within the Westminster system. It draws on the late Peter Aucoin's concept of 'promiscuous partisanship' to examine how contemporary mandarins in the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia face accusations of having compromised their impartiality by advocating for the policy agenda of the government of the day. The article argues that what has changed is not that civil service leaders have suddenly become partisan, but rather that they have become more 'public', allowing for perceptions of partisanship to emerge.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherWiley-Blackwell
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom420
dc.relation.ispartofpageto427
dc.relation.ispartofissue4
dc.relation.ispartofjournalPolitical Quarterly
dc.relation.ispartofvolume85
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPolicy and administration
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPolicy and administration not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPolitical science
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4407
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode440799
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4408
dc.titleAn invidious position? The public dance of the promiscuous partisan
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Business School, School of Government and International Relations
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorGrube, Dennis


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