The politically neutral public servant
The politically neutral public servant
Defining the duty
The concept of political neutrality ¬ the ethic of neutrality (but narrower than)
The ethic of neutrality requires public servants be neutral in both partisan sense and the broader sense of leaving as many value choices as possible be elected officials
Public servants are unavoidably involved in selecting and reconciling values in the course of giving advice and implementing policy, which make value neutrality is a function
The political neutrality = non- partisan behavior by permanent, professional public servants the political neutrality is not a fiction experience > not value () model of neutrality
Ideal- type
Outline the requirements for relations between politicians and bureaucrats that exist in the truly neutral public service in a Westminster- style government.
And the six principles
Some comments of this model
1. The various tents of the convention are interconnected, with the result that a change in one of them are likely to affect one or more of the others (e.g. political partisanship and anonymity)
2. Political neutrality in the extreme form has never existed in any government
3. The current practice of government (in Canada) is significantly different from what the model require {it is not practical}
The duty to be political neutrality in this model
Can broke down into such more specific duties (e.g. appoint and promote only on the basis of merit ; be non- partisan; be loyal)
But it is differ from one government to anther (e.g. P.57, Alberta and ontario)and even within a single government (e.g. P.57) because there is unclear to precisely what political activities are permissible.
The Westminster model
A strong tradition of political neutrality in the municipal sphere of government where municipal employees
Others believe that existing rules and traditions are too restrictive (undue emphasis on political neutrality suppresses individual rights)
Many interpretations of the
Defining the duty
The concept of political neutrality ¬ the ethic of neutrality (but narrower than)
The ethic of neutrality requires public servants be neutral in both partisan sense and the broader sense of leaving as many value choices as possible be elected officials
Public servants are unavoidably involved in selecting and reconciling values in the course of giving advice and implementing policy, which make value neutrality is a function
The political neutrality = non- partisan behavior by permanent, professional public servants the political neutrality is not a fiction experience > not value () model of neutrality
Ideal- type
Outline the requirements for relations between politicians and bureaucrats that exist in the truly neutral public service in a Westminster- style government.
And the six principles
Some comments of this model
1. The various tents of the convention are interconnected, with the result that a change in one of them are likely to affect one or more of the others (e.g. political partisanship and anonymity)
2. Political neutrality in the extreme form has never existed in any government
3. The current practice of government (in Canada) is significantly different from what the model require {it is not practical}
The duty to be political neutrality in this model
Can broke down into such more specific duties (e.g. appoint and promote only on the basis of merit ; be non- partisan; be loyal)
But it is differ from one government to anther (e.g. P.57, Alberta and ontario)and even within a single government (e.g. P.57) because there is unclear to precisely what political activities are permissible.
The Westminster model
A strong tradition of political neutrality in the municipal sphere of government where municipal employees
Others believe that existing rules and traditions are too restrictive (undue emphasis on political neutrality suppresses individual rights)
Many interpretations of the