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portada Adventures of a Civil Servant
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Author
Language
English
Pages
194
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
23.5 x 15.6 x 1.0 cm
ISBN13
9781917130226

Adventures of a Civil Servant

Mackley, Jim S. (Author) · Isengrin Publishing · Paperback

Adventures of a Civil Servant - Mackley, Jim S.

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Synopsis "Adventures of a Civil Servant"

Adventures of a Civil Servant is the third volume of Jim Mackley's acclaimed memoir series, A Civil Servant Remembers, chronicling a career that spanned nearly forty years in the British Civil Service. In this volume, Mackley recalls his years of service at home and abroad-from the unemployment exchanges of the Midlands to the ministries of Brussels and Mbabane-with candour, humour, and sharp social insight.Beginning with his unlikely recruitment to the Ministry of Labour in the early 1960s, Mackley offers a vivid portrait of postwar Britain in transition: the culture of the Employment Exchange, the rise of Incomes Policy and Equal Pay, and the bureaucratic ironies of life "on the other side of the dole." His narrative then expands outward to Swaziland, where he worked as a manpower specialist for the newly independent government, and later to Brussels, where his experience of European cooperation unfolds with dry wit and characteristic modesty.Alongside accounts of diplomatic encounters, crises averted, and cultural surprises, Mackley interweaves personal reflections-on family, service, and the moral dimensions of public duty. His storytelling illuminates the everyday realities of a civil servant's life during a period of immense political and social change, from the Cold War and the European project to the challenges of Thatcher-era reform.Engaging, humane, and often very funny, Adventures of a Civil Servant provides not just an insider's chronicle of Whitehall and the wider world, but also a testament to the value of integrity, curiosity, and public service.

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