The British Civil Servant Routledge Revivals Series

First Published in 1937, The British Civil Servant presents a comprehensive overview of the main problems and conditions related to the British public service during early twentieth century. It discusses important themes like what is public service; the administrative class in the home civil service; middle and lower grades of the local government service; the experts in the civil service; women in public service; the Indian civil service and the colonial civil service. With chapters written by experts like Professor Ernest Barker, Harold Nicolson, William A. Robson, this book is a must read for scholars and researchers of British political history, public administration, and political science.

Foreword1. The Public Service 2. The Home Civil Service: The Administrative Class 3. The Foreign Service 4. The Middle and Lower Grades of the Civil Service. The Local Government Civil Service: The Chief Officers 6. The Middle and Lower Grades of the Local Government Service 7. The Personnel of the Semi-Public Services 8. The Expert in the Civil Service 9. Women in the Civil Service 10. The Indian Civil Service 11. The Colonial Service Index

William A. Robson