These two volumes have one simple objective - to provide a summary of the key findings of all the projects on the Economic and Social Research Council's Whitehall Programme. The Programme combined basic research on the evolution of British government with policy relevant research on contemporary practice in Britain and Europe. Volume 1 surveys the main constitutional changes. Volume 2 examines the changing roles and relationships of the Prime Minister, ministers and civil servants. Edited by Rod Rhodes and written by a team of distinguished political scientists and historians these volumes…mehr
These two volumes have one simple objective - to provide a summary of the key findings of all the projects on the Economic and Social Research Council's Whitehall Programme. The Programme combined basic research on the evolution of British government with policy relevant research on contemporary practice in Britain and Europe. Volume 1 surveys the main constitutional changes. Volume 2 examines the changing roles and relationships of the Prime Minister, ministers and civil servants. Edited by Rod Rhodes and written by a team of distinguished political scientists and historians these volumes provide an authoritative account of how British government has changed over the past fifty years.
ROD RHODES is Professor of Politics (Research) at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Director of the Economic and Social Research Council's Whitehall Research Programme. He is the author or editor of twenty books including Understanding Governance (1997), and Control and Power in Central-Local Government Relations (1999). He has been editor of Public Administration since 1986. He is chair of the Political Studies Association of the United Kingdom.
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List of Boxes, Figures and Tables Foreword: B.Pimlott Editor's Preface and Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Introduction The ESRC Whitehall Programme: A Guide to Institutional Change; R.A.W.Rhodes PART I: CONTEXT Prime Ministers, Ministers and Civil Servants in the Core Executive; M.Smith The Europeanisation of British Central Government; S.Bulmer & M.Burch Internal Control in the Executive and its Constitutional Significance; A.Page & T.Daintith Bureaucratic Game Keeping: Regulation of UK Public Administration 1976-1996; C.Hood, C.Scott & O.James PART II: THE WORLD WE KNEW Modernising Britain 1957-1964: A Classic Case of Centralisation and Fragmentation?; R.Lowe & N.Rollings Domesticating the 'Market Animal'? The Treasury and the Bank of England 1955-60; A.Ringe & N.Rollings The Organisation of Central Government Departments: A History 1964-1992; I.McLean & C.Clifford The Development and Role of Cabinet Committees in Britain; P.Catterall & C.Brady The Evolving Prime Minister's Office: 1868-1997; J.Burnham & G.W.Jones PART III: AGENCIES Agencies and Accountability; B.Hogwood, D.Judge & M.McVigar Accountability and Control in Next Steps Agencies; N.C.Elder & E.C.Page The Politics of Managing the National Health Service; P.Day & R.Klein Conclusion Interpreting British Government: The Governance Narrative; R.A.W.Rhodes Bibliography Further Information: Contact Names and Addresses Author Index Subject Index
List of Boxes, Figures and Tables Foreword: B.Pimlott Editor's Preface and Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Introduction The ESRC Whitehall Programme: A Guide to Institutional Change; R.A.W.Rhodes PART I: CONTEXT Prime Ministers, Ministers and Civil Servants in the Core Executive; M.Smith The Europeanisation of British Central Government; S.Bulmer & M.Burch Internal Control in the Executive and its Constitutional Significance; A.Page & T.Daintith Bureaucratic Game Keeping: Regulation of UK Public Administration 1976-1996; C.Hood, C.Scott & O.James PART II: THE WORLD WE KNEW Modernising Britain 1957-1964: A Classic Case of Centralisation and Fragmentation?; R.Lowe & N.Rollings Domesticating the 'Market Animal'? The Treasury and the Bank of England 1955-60; A.Ringe & N.Rollings The Organisation of Central Government Departments: A History 1964-1992; I.McLean & C.Clifford The Development and Role of Cabinet Committees in Britain; P.Catterall & C.Brady The Evolving Prime Minister's Office: 1868-1997; J.Burnham & G.W.Jones PART III: AGENCIES Agencies and Accountability; B.Hogwood, D.Judge & M.McVigar Accountability and Control in Next Steps Agencies; N.C.Elder & E.C.Page The Politics of Managing the National Health Service; P.Day & R.Klein Conclusion Interpreting British Government: The Governance Narrative; R.A.W.Rhodes Bibliography Further Information: Contact Names and Addresses Author Index Subject Index
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