The Bureaucratic Labor Market : The Case of the Federal Civil Service

1 Structural Explanations for Inequality and Mobility in Bureaucratized Organizations -- I. The Structure of White-Collar Job Ladders -- 2 The Hierarchy of White-Collar Work -- 3 The Clerical—Administrative Boundary -- II. The Shaping of Recruitment and Promotion Policies for White-Collar Jobs -- 4 Early Personnel Management in the Federal Civil Service -- 5 Progressivism and Public Personnel Administration -- 6 The Development of a Tiered Personnel System in the Federal Government -- 7 How Constraining Are White-Collar Job Ladders? Horizontal and Vertical Mobility in the Federal Government -- 8 Equal Employment Opportunity and the Bridging of Job Ladders -- 9 The Determinants of Advancement on White-Collar Job Ladders -- 10 Conclusion: Structures and Outcomes in Bureaucratic Labor Markets -- The Occupational Content of Clerical and Administrative Work: 1920 to the Present -- References.