<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This article examines the model (models) of civil service fundamental to Lithuania's public policy on civil service after 2004, i.e., after joining the EU. Here the model is considered as a certain description or concept of state civil service or, more accurately, a certain systematic vision or representation of civil service. The article discusses the approaches used for classifying civil service systems and shows the dichotomous understanding of position or career-based civil service systems as groundless. It goes on to describe the premises and opportunities for "career civil service" in Lithuania. Path dependence in the process of civil service reforms in Lithuania and the not entirely unambiguous influence of the EU are described concisely. The discussion on the latest plans for civil service reforms ascertains that managerial priorities predominate therein. Meanwhile these plans ignore the increasingly obvious alienation between civil service and the public-at-large in Lithuania and the necessity for an orientation towards the principles and priorities of participatory governance alongside the managerial priorities.</p></abstract>

This article examines the model (models) of civil service fundamental to Lithuania's public policy on civil service after 2004, i.e., after joining the EU. Here the model is considered as a certain description or concept of state civil service or, more accurately, a certain systematic vision or representation of civil service. The article discusses the approaches used for classifying civil service systems and shows the dichotomous understanding of position or career-based civil service systems as groundless. It goes on to describe the premises and opportunities for "career civil service" in Lithuania. Path dependence in the process of civil service reforms in Lithuania and the not entirely unambiguous influence of the EU are described concisely. The discussion on the latest plans for civil service reforms ascertains that managerial priorities predominate therein. Meanwhile these plans ignore the increasingly obvious alienation between civil service and the public-at-large in Lithuania and the necessity for an orientation towards the principles and priorities of participatory governance alongside the managerial priorities.

Model of Civil Service in Lithuania's Public Policy

Faculty of Political Sciences and Diplomacy, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania

Baltic Journal of Law & Politics

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This article examines the model (models) of civil service fundamental to Lithuania's public policy on civil service after 2004, i.e., after joining the EU....

Model of Civil Service in Lithuania's Public Policy

Published Online: Sep 03, 2010

Page range: 99 - 124

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10076-010-0006-8

Keywords
Civil service system, civil service reform, career management, participatory governance

This content is open access.

Model of Civil Service in Lithuania's Public Policy

Published Online: Sep 03, 2010

Page range: 99 - 124

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10076-010-0006-8

KeywordsCivil service system, civil service reform, career management, participatory governance

This content is open access.

Keywords
Civil service system, civil service reform, career management, participatory governance