Working for Change: Making a Career in International Public Service
  • 2005/222 pages
  • A Kumarian Press Book

Working for Change:

Making a Career in International Public Service

Derick W. Brinkerhoff and Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff
Paperback: $26.95
ISBN: 978-1-56549-203-5
A Foreword Magazine Book of the Year Finalist for 2005

Derick and Jennifer Brinkerhoff explore career paths in international public service, focusing on development management positions and offering practical guidance on finding the right mix of professional goals, degree programs, job opportunities, and personal values. They also present profiles that illustrate how real people have faced the choices that confronted them in the course of their careers.

The result is an ideal guide and resource for anyone considering work in public service, for professionals looking for a change of direction, and for university career faculty advisers.
Derick W. Brinkerhoff is distinguished fellow in international public management at the Research Triangle Institute. Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff is professor of public administration and international affairs and codirector of the Diaspora Program at George Washington University.