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Zorluk: OrtaThe Civil Service: Characteristics, Organization, and Functions

Despite frequent changes in political administration following democratic elections, government ministries continue their daily operations under non-elected career officials who retain their appointments. Which essential feature of the civil service guarantees this institutional continuity?

  1. PermanenceCevap
  2. B
    Political neutrality
  3. C
    Anonymity
  4. D
    Executive immunity

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Permanence
Permanence ensures that civil servants hold regular, pensionable career appointments with security of tenure. This allows the administrative bureaucracy to remain intact and operational regardless of political turnover.

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1
Analyze the core requirement of the question stem.
The stem describes institutional continuity of administrative staff across changes in political leadership.
Identifying the functional requirement allows matching it to the correct civil service characteristic.
2
Differentiate between civil service characteristics.
Permanence guarantees security of tenure for career officials irrespective of political shifts, whereas neutrality and anonymity govern partisan behavior and public accountability respectively.
Security of tenure is the specific mechanism ensuring stability in public administration.

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Characteristics of the Civil Service (Permanence of Tenure)
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The Civil Service: Characteristics, Organization, and Functions

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