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The major professional political science English-language journals in four nations were examined to determine how they reflect the scope & methods of international political science in the 1970s. The publications are the American Political Science Review, Political Studies (Great Britain), the Canadian Journal of Political Science, & the Indian Journal of Political Science. All full-length articles published in these journals between 1970 & the end of 1975 (N=669) were analyzed according to subject-matter content as they relate to the major subfields in the discipline: national government & politics, comparative government, international relations, public administration, public law, political theory, & methodology. Data were also gathered on the authors, including collegial research, institutional affiliation, degree granting institution, financial assistance, academic rank, & sex. The data were machine-analyzed utilizing the Statistical Package for Social Sciences computer program, & information was used to document various characteristics of the literature in international political science such as the general orientation of each periodical, the extent of 'parochialism' exhibited by each nation, & the differential spread of behavioral techniques in the discipline. Each journal emphasized research topics specific to its own nation's political affairs, & each employed methodologies that vary substantially from methodologies employed by the other journals. Authors are not likely to engage in collegial research, publish in foreign journals, or receive financial aid to generate research papers. There is little evidence to indicate cross-fertilization in international political science; research pluralism exists among English-speaking countries, & the professional study of politics is diverse in terms of its scope & methods. 5 Tables. AA.

"Human Resource Management in Public Service: Paradoxes, Processes, and Problems offers provocative and thorough coverage of the complex issues faced by employees and managers in the public sector, including managing under tight budgets with increasing costs, hiring freezes, contracting out, and the politicization of the civil service. Continuing the award-winning tradition of previous editions, the authors encourage hands-on skill building and problem solving. The Seventh Edition includes new examples and case studies on COVID-19; equity and racial discord, organizational diversity, remote work, employee engagement and motivation, leadership development training, work-life balance, gender-based inequities, behavioral biases in appraisal, and unionization trends."--

Emerging as a "megastate" during the last generation, Florida now rivals California as a national trendsetter in popular culture and political importance. In 2001, it passed a civil service reform law known as Service First. Although government reform has been on the agenda in a number of states, seldom has it been as sweeping as Florida's initiative abolishing job tenure for 16,300 career employees. This study reports the poll findings from employees recently transferred from the state's tenured Career Service to unprotected Selected Exempt Service. The analysis provides background information, discusses the study methodology, presents the survey results, and examines implications for the future by reporting interview data from a variety of political actors.

This article examines the attitudes of a key set of state government officials—state human resource (HR) professionals—toward employment at will (EAW) in state government. It presents original survey data obtained from HR professionals in four southern states: Georgia, Florida, Texas, and Mississippi. Drawing on these data, the article creates an index measuring respondents' commitment to EAW, as measured by their attitudes toward arguments used to advocate for EAW. The index is used as the dependent variable in an exploratory regression analysis indicating the importance of respondents' experiences with the exercise of EAW discretion, years of public sector service, educational background, and state context to explaining variation in commitment to EAW. The article concludes with a discussion of the findings' implications for the future of civil service reform in the United States.