Core Executive in Britain

Häftad, Engelska, 1999

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Beskrivning

The study of central government has been dominated by the recurring questions of Prime Ministerial versus Cabinet government and civil service versus ministerial power. Using the idea of 'power dependence' this book challenges these simplicities to provide a definitive assessment of - and introduction to - power and policy at the core of British political life. It undermines traditional approaches by demonstrating that power in the core executive is complex, and flows between actors and institutions. The Prime Minister can only exercise power with the support of the Cabinet, and ministers and officials are often partners rather than competitors.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1999-01-20
Mått:140 x 216 x 16 mm
Vikt:396 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Transforming Government
Antal sidor:280
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9780333605165

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MARTIN J. SMITH is Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Sheffield. His previous publications include Contemporary British Conservatism (Macmillan, 1996).

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'Smith takes the present-day analysis of the British executive out of the academic journals and makes it accessible to a larger audience for the first time. I expect the book to change the way in which we discuss the power of the British executive. Gone forever are the hoary old cliches of prime ministerial power, replaced by a recognition that power is everywhere and understood through the language of dependence, networks, governance and choice.' - R.A.W. Rhodes

Innehållsförteckning

Introducing the Core ExecutiveAnalysing the Core ExecutiveThe Core Executive in Historical PerspectiveThe Core of the Core: Relations between the Prime Minister and CabinetMinisters, Civil Servants and Departments: the Core Executive and Policy MakingCoordinating the Core Executive: the Cabinet Office, the Prime Minister's Office and the TreasuryReforming the Core ExecutiveConstraints on the Core ExecutiveConstitution, State and Core ExecutiveBibliographyIndex.