The civil service system is a system of hiring and promoting employees based upon the merit system. The merit system is the opposite of the spoils system.
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The central feature of the civil service system is merit-based, non-political employment and promotion
Under the civil service system, federal workers are hired based on their testable skills for the job, and cannot be fired for belong to the wrong party.
The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act established the merit based system of appointments which led to the decline of the spoils/patronage system. Instead of political affiliation government employees were selected by competitive exams and could not be fired based on political affiliation.
The civil service system is a system of hiring and promoting employees based upon the merit system. The merit system is the opposite of the spoils system.
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Civil service system
A civil service system ensures that appointments and promotions are based on merit and abilities. Appointments are not made by political patronage.
The central feature of the civil service system is merit-based, non-political employment and promotion
The Spoils System.
codified classifications and prerequisite experience or competitive testing.
civil service system
Under the civil service system, federal workers are hired based on their testable skills for the job, and cannot be fired for belong to the wrong party.
to reform the civil service system
The Tang Dynasty retained and refined the civil service system that the Sui Dynasty had restored.