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Tenor of Our Times

2020

Section 2: The Room Where It Happens: Political Response to a Crisis

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The Pendleton Act: Time For A Change, Isabel Waller Apr 2020

The Pendleton Act: Time For A Change, Isabel Waller

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This paper identifies causes of the passage of the Pendleton Act of 1883, which ushered in American civil service reform by changing the spoils system to a merit system.

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