Transforming Government – serie
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24 produkter
Administering the Summit
Administration of the Core Executive in Developed Countries
Av NA NA
Inbunden, 2000
1074 kr
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This book looks at the way advice, which is needed by all executives, is provided to the summit of government in twelve advanced industrialized countries (Australia, Belgium, Britain, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Sweden, and the US).
Core Executive in Britain
Häftad, 1999
630 kr
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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 …
Hollow Crown
Countervailing Trends in Core Executives
Av Herman Bakvis, R.A.W. Rhodes m. fl.
Inbunden, 1997
549 kr
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The first volume in a series of comparative studies within the ESRC's Whitehall Programme focuses on core executives in five parliamentary democracies comparing the Westminster model as in Australia, Canada and Britain with the continental democracies of Germany and the Netherlands showing how …
Hollow Crown
Countervailing Trends in Core Executives
Av Herman Bakvis, R.A.W. Rhodes m. fl.
Häftad, 1997
549 kr
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The first volume in a series of comparative studies within the ESRC's Whitehall Programme focuses on core executives in five parliamentary democracies comparing the Westminster model as in Australia, Canada and Britain with the continental democracies of Germany and the Netherlands showing how …
Leadership in Whitehall
Inbunden, 1999
1124 kr
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An entertaining and authoritative study of leadership in the British civil service from one of the top authors in the field. Kevin Theakston draws the lessons of how change in central government can be managed and implemented from a series of biographical studies of the acknowledged leaders in the …
Bureaucrats and Leadership
Av K. Theakston
Inbunden, 1999
1092 kr
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The book uses a biographical approach to analyse the potential for, forms of, and constraints upon bureaucratic leadership in modern government. Case studies, written by experts in the different fields, assess the impact of particular officials operating in Whitehall, the United States federal …
Scrutinising Science
The Changing UK Government of Science
Inbunden, 2003
549 kr
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By the 1980s, UK government research laboratories were an often quirky but always essential part of the state sector. In one of the most radical experiments in the organization and management of scientific research attempted in the UK, successive Conservative governments sought to reform these …
Treasury and Social Policy
The Contest for Control of Welfare Strategy
Inbunden, 2000
549 kr
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What is the power of the Treasury in controlling the policies and development of the welfare state? Drawing on in-depth interviews with officials of the Treasury and the spending departments, this book traces the developing role of the Treasury in setting social policy, especially under Gordon …
Changing Patterns of Government
Reinventing Whitehall?
Av D. Marsh, D. Richards m. fl.
Inbunden, 2001
1092 kr
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This is the first comprehensive examination of the changing relations between ministers and civil servants since 1979. Based on an original account of power within central government and drawing on evidence compiled from over one hundred and fifty interviews, this book provides unprecedented …
Executive Agency Revolution in Whitehall
Public Interest versus Bureau-Shaping Perspectives
Av O. James
Inbunden, 2003
549 kr
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This is the first book length assessment of the executive agency revolution in UK central government, part of the New Public Management, with 65 per cent of civil servants now working in agencies. The 'Next Steps' reformers' public interest view suggested value for money improvements. However, …
Core Executive in Britain
E-bok, 1999
686 kr
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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 …
Transforming British Government
Volume 2: Changing Roles and Relationships
Av R. Rhodes
Häftad, 2000
552 kr
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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 …
Treasury and Social Policy
The Contest for Control of Welfare Strategy
Häftad, 2000
552 kr
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What is the power of the Treasury in controlling the policies and development of the welfare state? Drawing on in-depth interviews with officials of the Treasury and the spending departments, this book traces the developing role of the Treasury in setting social policy, especially under Gordon …
Changing Patterns of Government
Reinventing Whitehall?
Av D. Marsh, D. Richards m. fl.
Häftad, 2001
1130 kr
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This is the first comprehensive examination of the changing relations between ministers and civil servants since 1979. Based on an original account of power within central government and drawing on evidence compiled from over one hundred and fifty interviews, this book provides unprecedented …
Executive Agency Revolution in Whitehall
Public Interest versus Bureau-Shaping Perspectives
Av O. James
Häftad, 2003
552 kr
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This is the first book length assessment of the executive agency revolution in UK central government, part of the New Public Management, with 65 per cent of civil servants now working in agencies. The 'Next Steps' reformers' public interest view suggested value for money improvements. However, …
British Devolution and European Policy-Making
Transforming Britain into Multi-Level Governance
Häftad, 2002
1098 kr
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In 1999 the Blair government introduced British devolution as part of a major programme of constitutional reform. This development posed major questions concerning how relations with the European Union would be affected. Previously, policymaking in the UK had been centralized on Whitehall and …
Fiscal Crisis of the United Kingdom
Av I. McLean
Häftad, 2005
552 kr
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The system for allocating public expenditure to the nations and regions of the UK has broken down. Money goes to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland by the notorious Barnett formula, but this is collapsing and cannot last long. Money goes to the English regions by poorly-understood formulae that …
Policy Learning and British Governance in the 1960s
Häftad, 2004
552 kr
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Why did Britain's economic policy revolution in the 1960s achieve so little? Drawing on the latest political science theories of policy networks and policy learning, Hugh Pemberton outlines a new model of economic policy making and then uses it to interrogate recently-released government documents. …
New Labour and the Civil Service
Reconstituting the Westminster Model
Av D. Richards
Häftad, 2008
1098 kr
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This is the first serious study to analyze Labour's approach to the Civil Service. It offers a theoretically engaged, empirically rich analysis drawing from over 300 interviews with key actors to explore the 'New Labour' effect on Whitehall. It considers 1997 transition process and the extent to …
British Devolution and European Policy-Making
Transforming Britain into Multi-Level Governance
Inbunden, 2002
1097 kr
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In 1999 the Blair government introduced British devolution as part of a major programme of constitutional reform. This development posed major questions concerning how relations with the European Union would be affected. Previously, policymaking in the UK had been centralized on Whitehall and …
From the Active to the Enabling State
The Changing Role of Top Officials in European Nations
Inbunden, 2006
552 kr
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This book surveys the changing role of senior civil servants in Western Europe and explores whether they have kept their central role in government decision-making. Looking at these issues in comparative perspective, the contributors provide an insight into the causes and consequences of the …
Fiscal Crisis of the United Kingdom
Av I. McLean
Inbunden, 2005
552 kr
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The system for allocating public expenditure to the nations and regions of the UK has broken down. Money goes to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland by the notorious Barnett formula, but this is collapsing and cannot last long. Money goes to the English regions by poorly-understood formulae that …
Policy Learning and British Governance in the 1960s
Inbunden, 2004
552 kr
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Why did Britain's economic policy revolution in the 1960s achieve so little? Drawing on the latest political science theories of policy networks and policy learning, Hugh Pemberton outlines a new model of economic policy making and then uses it to interrogate recently-released government documents. …
New Labour and the Civil Service
Reconstituting the Westminster Model
Av D. Richards
Inbunden, 2007
1097 kr
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This is the first serious study to analyze Labour's approach to the Civil Service. It offers a theoretically engaged, empirically rich analysis drawing from over 300 interviews with key actors to explore the 'New Labour' effect on Whitehall. It considers 1997 transition process and the extent to …
