R. Maranto, RETHINKING THE UNTHINKABLE - REPLY TO DURANT, GOODSELL, KNOTT, AND MURRAY ON A CASE FOR SPOILS IN FEDERAL PERSONNEL-MANAGEMENT, Administration & society, 30(1), 1998, pp. 3-12
In ''Thinking the Unthinkable in Public Administration: A Case For Spo
ils in the Federal Bureaucracy'' in the last issue, Robert Maranto arg
ued for ending tenure in the federal civil service. His essay war crit
iqued by Robert F. Durant, Charles Goodsell, Jack Knott, and William M
urray. In this article, Maranto responds.