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Senior public servants (“the elite”) play an important role in public policy making. Despite many commonalities in role and function, there are important contextual variations in who they are and the spaces within which they operate. The New Public Management and globalization made new demands on “the elite” by unsettling established institutions and increasing the number of actors involved in policy making. Different skills were required as leadership became more expansive and complex at all levels of governance. Navigating future challenges will likewise require a new approach to policy making and to leadership.
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Sullivan, H. (2021). Public Servants and Policy, Problems and Possibilities: An Introduction. In: Sullivan, H., Dickinson, H., Henderson, H. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of the Public Servant. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29980-4_106
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