BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
METHOD:PUBLISH
PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:Eastern Standard Time
BEGIN:STANDARD
DTSTART:20251102T020000
RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11
TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
DTSTART:20250301T020000
RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3
TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
END:DAYLIGHT
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DESCRIPTION:The Moynihan Institute’s Study of Global Politics series presen
t Minju Kim\, assistant professor of political science. Kim will discuss h
er new book Taming the Careerists.Book Abstract:Over two million bureaucra
ts serve in the US federal government under various employment contracts.
Minju Kim’s Taming the Careerists asks how the design of those contracts—s
pecifically\, the features that strengthen or weaken job protections – sha
pes the behavior of bureaucrats and\, in turn\, American foreign policy. W
hile past studies identify tools that help the president control the burea
ucracy\, Kim demonstrates that the president can additionally control the
behavior of bureaucrats by weakening job protections\, which makes bureauc
rats more accountable to presidential preferences. The book shows that bur
eaucrats adjust how they implement policy based on the structure of their
job protections\, and that weakening these protections can unintentionally
disrupt the stability of foreign economic policy. Drawing on administrati
ve data\, policy memos\, interviews\, and computational text analysis\, Ki
m reveals the trade-off between accountability and stability\, shedding li
ght on the personnel management rules that quietly sustain the daily work
of America’s foreign policy bureaucracy.Minju Kim is an assistant professo
r of political science at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Aff
airs at Syracuse University. An expert in international relations and inte
rnational political economy\, her research investigates how individual bur
eaucrats shape domestic and international institutions.She is the author o
f Taming the Careerists: The Politics of Foreign Policy Implementation (Ca
mbridge University Press\, 2026)\, which explores how civil service job pr
otections influence foreign economic policy outcomes. Her work is also pub
lished in leading academic journals\, including International Studies Quar
terly\, Review of International Organizations\, and World Politics. She ho
lds a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago and previously completed a post
doctoral fellowship at the Center for Commerce and Diplomacy at UC San Die
go.
DTEND:20260911T173000Z
DTSTAMP:20260822T012705Z
DTSTART:20260911T160000Z
LOCATION:
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Book Talk | Minju Kim | ‘Taming the Careerists: The Politics of For
eign Policy Implementation’
UID:RFCALITEM639229444252129292
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:The Moynihan Institute’s Study of Global Po
litics series present Minju Kim\, assistant professor of political science
. Kim will discuss her new book Taming the Careerists.
Book
Abstract:
Over two million bureaucrats serve in the US fe
deral government under various employment contracts. Minju Kim’s Tamin
g the Careerists asks how the design of those contracts—specifically\
, the features that strengthen or weaken job protections – shapes the beha
vior of bureaucrats and\, in turn\, American foreign policy. While past st
udies identify tools that help the president control the bureaucracy\, Kim
demonstrates that the president can additionally control the behavior of
bureaucrats by weakening job protections\, which makes bureaucrats more ac
countable to presidential preferences.
The book shows t
hat bureaucrats adjust how they implement policy based on the structure of
their job protections\, and that weakening these protections can unintent
ionally disrupt the stability of foreign economic policy. Drawing on admin
istrative data\, policy memos\, interviews\, and computational text analys
is\, Kim reveals the trade-off between accountability and stability\, shed
ding light on the personnel management rules that quietly sustain the dail
y work of America’s foreign policy bureaucracy.
Minju Kim is a
n assistant professor of political science at the Maxwell School of Citize
nship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. An expert in internationa
l relations and international political economy\, her research investigate
s how individual bureaucrats shape domestic and international institutions
.
She is the author of Taming the Careerists: The Politics of
Foreign Policy Implementation (Cambridge University Press\, 2026)\,
which explores how civil service job protections influence foreign economi
c policy outcomes. Her work is also published in leading academic journals
\, including International Studies Quarterly\, Review o
f International Organizations\, and World Politics. She h
olds a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago and previously completed a pos
tdoctoral fellowship at the Center for Commerce and Diplomacy at UC San Di
ego.