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Bookmark or Share- Civil service | Definition, Types, Examples, & Facts | Britannicacivil service, the body of government officials who are employed in civil occupations that are neither political nor judicial. In most countries the term refers to employees selected and promoted on the basis of a merit and seniority system, which may include examinations.
- Geoffrey Chaucer - Poet, Author, Diplomat | BritannicaBetween 1382 and 1386 he had arranged for deputies—permanent in two instances and temporary in others—in his work at the customs. In October 1385 he was appointed a justice of the peace for Kent, and in August 1386 he became knight of the shire for Kent, to attend Parliament in October.
- Chinese civil service | History, Facts, Exam, & Bureaucracy - BritannicaChinese civil service, the administrative system of the traditional Chinese government, the members of which were selected by a competitive examination. It gave the Chinese empire stability for more than 2,000 years and provided one of the major outlets for social mobility in Chinese society.
- Biography, Poems, Paradise Lost, Quotes, & Facts - BritannicaAs a civil servant, Milton became the voice of the English Commonwealth after 1649 through his handling of its international correspondence and his defense of the government against polemical attacks from abroad.
- Public administration - French Bureaucracy, Civil Service, Governance ...The civil servant became an instrument of public power, not the agent of a person. This depersonalization of the state encouraged a rapid growth in the field of public law concerned with the organization, duties, and rights of “the public power,” of which civil servants were the principal component.
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