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After Number 10
Former Prime Ministers in British Politics
AvK. Theakston
Inbunden, Engelska, 2010
562 kr
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Having lost an election, been thrown out by their party, or retired on grounds of ill-health, what do former British prime ministers do? In the first book to look at the lives, political roles and influence of former prime ministers, Theakston analyzes all the former prime ministers from Walpole in the 18th century to Blair today.
How Power Changes Hands
Transition and Succession in Government
AvJ. Uhr
Inbunden, Engelska, 2011
546 kr
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How can we strengthen the capacity of governments and parties to manage arrivals and departures at the top? Democracy requires reliable processes for the transfer of power from one generation of leaders to the next. This book introduces new analytical frameworks and presents the latest empirical evidence from comparative political research.
Impact of the Freedom of Information Act on Central Government in the UK
Does FOI Work?
AvR. Hazell,B. Worthym. fl.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2010
503 kr
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Based on interviews with officials, requesters and journalists, as well as a survey of FOI requesters and a study of stories in the national media, this book offers a unique insight into how the Freedom of Information Act 2000 really works.
Hybrid Governance in European Cities
Neighbourhood, Migration and Democracy
AvC. Skelcher,Helen Sullivanm. fl.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2013
563 kr
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This wide-ranging study of three European cities shows how hybrid forms of governance emerge from the tensions between new ideas and past legacies, and existing institutional arrangements and powerful decision makers. Using detailed studies of migration and neighborhood policy, as well as a novel Q methodology analysis of public administrators.
Politics of Party Policy
From Members to Legislators
AvA. Gauja
Inbunden, Engelska, 2013
546 kr
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Examining the complexities and tensions in relations between party members and parliamentarians through an in-depth analysis of the processes that shape the development of party policy in the UK, Australia and New Zealand, this book Presents new evidence on the challenges facing parties in encouraging citizen participation in policy development.
Parliamentary Socialisation
Learning the Ropes or Determining Behaviour?
AvM. Rush,P. Giddings
Inbunden, Engelska, 2011
531 kr
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This first book-length study of the socialisation of MPs uses questionnaire data gathered over two Parliaments (1992-97 and 1997-2001) to find out how MPs learn about, and what their attitudes are towards, their role as a Member of Parliament. It analyzes their participation in debates, the use of Parliamentary Questions and committee work.
Ernest Gowers
Plain Words and Forgotten Deeds
AvA. Scott
Inbunden, Engelska, 2009
563 kr
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Draws on previously inaccessible family archives to penetrate the anonymity and public reticence of one of Britain's great twentieth century civil servants. Gowers was highly influential in public policy throughout his long civil service career, which began in 1903 and culminated in running London's civil defence throughout the Second World War.
Transforming British Government
Volume 1: Changing Institutions
AvFay Rhodes,R.A.W. Rhodes
Inbunden, Engelska, 2000
1 623 kr
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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 political scientists and historians, these volumes provide an account of how British government has changed over the past fifty years.
Institutional Crisis in 21st Century Britain
AvDavid Richards,M. Smithm. fl.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2014
1 085 kr
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In 21st century Britain, a 'perfect storm' seems to have engulfed many of its institutions. This book is the first wholesale consideration of the crisis of legitimacy that has taken root in Britain's key institutions and explores the crisis across them to determine if a set of shared underlying pathologies exist to create this collective crisis.
Politics of Regulation in the UK
Between Tradition, Contingency and Crisis
AvDaniel Fitzpatrick
Inbunden, Engelska, 2016
546 kr
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This book explores the discourse of regulatory crisis in the UK and examines why, despite the increasing contestation of the principles underpinning the regulatory state, its institutions and practices continue to be firmly embedded within the governance of the British state. It considers its implications for our understanding of the contemporary nature of the British state, and to the study of regulation which is no longer confined to the domain of low politics, populated by technocrats, but is scrutinised by elected politicians, and the subject of the front pages rather than the financial pages. The author sets the British regulatory tradition in a wider context, both spatially, in terms of the challenges presented by Europeanisation, and temporally, critically analysing the process of crisis construction in the narratives of neoliberalism and participatory democracy in the contemporary era.
William Armstrong and British Policy Making
AvKevin Theakston,Philip Connelly
Inbunden, Engelska, 2017
1 117 kr
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This book offers a detailed account of the life and career of William Armstrong, the most influential civil servant in Britain in the 1960s and 1970s, and one of the most powerful and significant Whitehall officials in the post-1945 period. He was at the centre of the British government policy-making machine for over 30 years – the very incarnation of the ‘permanent government’ of the country. He was the indispensable figure at the right hand of successive Chancellors of the Exchequer, and a reforming Head of the Civil Service. His role and power was such that he was controversially dubbed ‘deputy prime minister’ under Edward Heath. The book also casts light on wider institutional, political and historical issues around the working and reform of the civil service and the government machine, the policy-making process, and the experience in office of Labour and Conservative governments from the 1940s to the 1970s. ;;;;;;;;;;;
After Number 10
Former Prime Ministers in British Politics
AvK. Theakston
Häftad, Engelska, 2010
562 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
Having lost an election, been thrown out by their party, or retired on grounds of ill-health, what do former British prime ministers do? In the first book to look at the lives, political roles and influence of former prime ministers, Theakston analyzes all the former prime ministers from Walpole in the 18th century to Blair today.
How Power Changes Hands
Transition and Succession in Government
AvJ. Uhr
Häftad, Engelska, 2011
546 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
How can we strengthen the capacity of governments and parties to manage arrivals and departures at the top? Democracy requires reliable processes for the transfer of power from one generation of leaders to the next. This book introduces new analytical frameworks and presents the latest empirical evidence from comparative political research.
Impact of the Freedom of Information Act on Central Government in the UK
Does FOI Work?
AvR. Hazell,B. Worthym. fl.
Häftad, Engelska, 2010
502 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
Based on interviews with officials, requesters and journalists, as well as a survey of FOI requesters and a study of stories in the national media, this book offers a unique insight into how the Freedom of Information Act 2000 really works.
Hybrid Governance in European Cities
Neighbourhood, Migration and Democracy
AvC. Skelcher,Helen Sullivanm. fl.
Häftad, Engelska, 2013
562 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
This wide-ranging study of three European cities shows how hybrid forms of governance emerge from the tensions between new ideas and past legacies, and existing institutional arrangements and powerful decision makers. Using detailed studies of migration and neighborhood policy, as well as a novel Q methodology analysis of public administrators.
Politics of Party Policy
From Members to Legislators
AvA. Gauja
Häftad, Engelska, 2013
546 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
Examining the complexities and tensions in relations between party members and parliamentarians through an in-depth analysis of the processes that shape the development of party policy in the UK, Australia and New Zealand, this book Presents new evidence on the challenges facing parties in encouraging citizen participation in policy development.
Parliamentary Socialisation
Learning the Ropes or Determining Behaviour?
AvM. Rush,P. Giddings
Häftad, Engelska, 2011
546 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
This first book-length study of the socialisation of MPs uses questionnaire data gathered over two Parliaments (1992-97 and 1997-2001) to find out how MPs learn about, and what their attitudes are towards, their role as a Member of Parliament. It analyzes their participation in debates, the use of Parliamentary Questions and committee work.
Institutional Crisis in 21st Century Britain
AvDavid Richards,M. Smithm. fl.
Häftad, Engelska, 2014
1 085 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
In 21st century Britain, a 'perfect storm' seems to have engulfed many of its institutions. This book is the first wholesale consideration of the crisis of legitimacy that has taken root in Britain's key institutions and explores the crisis across them to determine if a set of shared underlying pathologies exist to create this collective crisis.
Eric Drummond and his Legacies
The League of Nations and the Beginnings of Global Governance
AvDavid Macfadyen,Michael D. V. Daviesm. fl.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2019
1 228 kr
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This book shows how the first institution of global governance was conceived and operated. It provides a new assessment of its architect, Eric Drummond, the first Secretary-General of the League of Nations, appointed a century ago. The authors conclude that he stands in the front rank of the 12 men who have occupied the post of Secretary-General of the League or its successor, the UN. Part 1 describes his character and leadership. His influence in shaping the International Civil Service, the ‘beating heart’ of the League, is the subject of Part 2, which also shows how the young staff he appointed responded with imagination and creativity to the political, economic and social problems that followed World War I. Part 3 shows the influence of these early origins on today’s global organizations and the large scale absorption of League policies, programmes, practices and staff into the UN and its Specialized Agencies.
Narrative Policy Analysis
Cases in Decentred Policy
AvR.A.W Rhodes
Häftad, Engelska, 2019
1 246 kr
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Narratives or storytelling are a feature of the everyday life of all who work in government. They tell each other stories about the origins, aims and effects of policies to make sense of their world. These stories form the collective memory of a government department; a retelling of yesterday to make sense of today. This book examines policies through the eyes of the practitioners, both top-down and bottom-up; it decentres policies and policymaking. To decentre is to unpack practices as the contingent beliefs and actions of individuals. Decentred analysis produces detailed studies of people’s beliefs and practices. It challenges the idea that inexorable or impersonal forces drive politics, focusing instead on the relevant meanings, the beliefs and preferences of the people involved. This book presents ten case studies, covering penal policy, zero-carbon homes, parliamentary scrutiny, children’s rights, obesity, pension reform, public service reform,evidence-based policing, and local economic knowledge. It introduces a different angle of vision on the policy process; it looks at it through the eyes of individual actors, not institutions. In other words, it looks at policies from the other end of the telescope. It concludes there is much to learn from a decentred approach. It delivers edification because it offers a novel alliance of interpretive theory with an ethnographic toolkit to explore policy and policymaking from the bottom-up.Written by members of the Department of Politics and International Relations of the University of Southampton, with their collaborators at other universities, the book’s decentred approach provides an alternative to the dominant evidence–based policy nostrums of the day.
Assessing Public Management Reforms
AvPatrick Gibert,Jean-Claude Thoenig
Inbunden, Engelska, 2022
1 408 kr
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This book examines why many ambitious public management policies do not materialize. Comprehensive reforms do not generate relevant and lasting changes. Yet some evolutions may occur that actually improve the efficiency level inside public administrations. The book identifies how and why such processes may occur. It explores an innovative approach to the way reform policies inside the public sector are assessed. The opening chapters examine the contributions of different disciplines to the study of change in the public sector, before proposing a framework to better understand management developments. The book then reviews eight crosscutting central government programmes successively launched since the late 1960s, examines how these programmes were designed and constructed, and analyses the ways in which three toolkits are appropriated: dashboards and indicators, cost-benefit analysis, and ex post evaluation. The final chapters examine the links between the developmentof agencification and the way in which central government proceeds to implement it, and demonstrate why and how the structure of human resources is crucial for initiating change processes. Together, the book proposes lessons for public practitioners as well as for academic purposes.
Assessing Public Management Reforms
AvPatrick Gibert,Jean-Claude Thoenig
Häftad, Engelska, 2023
1 408 kr
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This book examines why many ambitious public management policies do not materialize. Comprehensive reforms do not generate relevant and lasting changes. Yet some evolutions may occur that actually improve the efficiency level inside public administrations. The book identifies how and why such processes may occur. It explores an innovative approach to the way reform policies inside the public sector are assessed. The opening chapters examine the contributions of different disciplines to the study of change in the public sector, before proposing a framework to better understand management developments. The book then reviews eight crosscutting central government programmes successively launched since the late 1960s, examines how these programmes were designed and constructed, and analyses the ways in which three toolkits are appropriated: dashboards and indicators, cost-benefit analysis, and ex post evaluation. The final chapters examine the links between the developmentof agencification and the way in which central government proceeds to implement it, and demonstrate why and how the structure of human resources is crucial for initiating change processes. Together, the book proposes lessons for public practitioners as well as for academic purposes.
Core Executives in a Comparative Perspective
Governing in Complex Times
AvKristoffer Kolltveit,Richard Shaw
Inbunden, Engelska, 2022
1 516 kr
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This book examines the contemporary relevance of the concept of the core executive across a range of constitutional contexts, covering examples from Westminster system, continental Europe, and Scandinavia. Much study of core executives focuses exclusively on the Westminster system, but this book expands that scope to take into account nations where coalition government has been the norm for decades. Focusing on the interaction between the political and administrative executives, the book addresses tensions between the two that have become increasingly apparent in an age of populism and mediatisation.
Core Executives in a Comparative Perspective
Governing in Complex Times
AvKristoffer Kolltveit,Richard Shaw
Häftad, Engelska, 2023
1 516 kr
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This book examines the contemporary relevance of the concept of the core executive across a range of constitutional contexts, covering examples from Westminster system, continental Europe, and Scandinavia. Much study of core executives focuses exclusively on the Westminster system, but this book expands that scope to take into account nations where coalition government has been the norm for decades. Focusing on the interaction between the political and administrative executives, the book addresses tensions between the two that have become increasingly apparent in an age of populism and mediatisation.
Comparing Network Governance in England and China
AvYongmei Li
Inbunden, Engelska, 2023
1 408 kr
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This book compares network governance practices and public service delivery in England and China. Adopting a political ethnographic approach, it assesses whether networked forms of governance are used in provision of care for the elderly and those with learning disabilities in the two countries. It also examines several concepts from network governance theory - including interdependence and resource exchange, trust and reciprocity, and diplomatic skills - in the context of English and Chinese local state engagement with NGOs providing and managing care. Perhaps surprisingly, the book argues that there are more similarities than differences in network governance practices in England and China. It will appeal to all those interested in network governance theory, public administration and comparative politics.
Comparing Network Governance in England and China
AvYongmei Li
Häftad, Engelska, 2024
1 408 kr
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This book compares network governance practices and public service delivery in England and China. Adopting a political ethnographic approach, it assesses whether networked forms of governance are used in provision of care for the elderly and those with learning disabilities in the two countries. It also examines several concepts from network governance theory - including interdependence and resource exchange, trust and reciprocity, and diplomatic skills - in the context of English and Chinese local state engagement with NGOs providing and managing care. Perhaps surprisingly, the book argues that there are more similarities than differences in network governance practices in England and China. It will appeal to all those interested in network governance theory, public administration and comparative politics.
Ministerial Leadership
Practice, Performance and Power
AvLeighton Andrews
Inbunden, Engelska, 2024
1 300 kr
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Ministerial Leadership offers a practice-based account of how ministers in UK governments perform their roles and exercise leadership in their spaces of activity. Drawing on the unique Ministers Reflect archive of the Institute for Government, which is an open and growing resource of over 140 ministerial interviews at UK and devolved government levels, as well as other ministerial reflections, the book addresses the literature on ministerial life and political leadership, and develops new concepts for examining ministerial leadership in different spheres. It argues that the relationship between ministers and civil servants has changed significantly in recent decades, as ministers place greater emphasis on delivery and implementation. The book adopts a theoretically pluralist approach with the intention of offering a valuable teaching aid for existing and new courses. It will appeal to all those interested in public policy and governance.
Ministerial Leadership
Practice, Performance and Power
AvLeighton Andrews
Häftad, Engelska, 2025
1 300 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
Ministerial Leadership offers a practice-based account of how ministers in UK governments perform their roles and exercise leadership in their spaces of activity. Drawing on the unique Ministers Reflect archive of the Institute for Government, which is an open and growing resource of over 140 ministerial interviews at UK and devolved government levels, as well as other ministerial reflections, the book addresses the literature on ministerial life and political leadership, and develops new concepts for examining ministerial leadership in different spheres. It argues that the relationship between ministers and civil servants has changed significantly in recent decades, as ministers place greater emphasis on delivery and implementation. The book adopts a theoretically pluralist approach with the intention of offering a valuable teaching aid for existing and new courses. It will appeal to all those interested in public policy and governance.
Public Policy and Democratic Backsliding in the UK
The Conservatives' Illiberal Turn
AvSean Kippin
Inbunden, Engelska, 2025
492 kr
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This book examines the rise of illiberalism within the British Conservative Party during the last few decades. It traces how the party’s political agenda has become increasingly dominated by populist and nativist policy positions since the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union in 2016, and the ways in which this has led to growing concerns over democratic backsliding.Moving beyond debates over the ideology and governing philosophy of the Conservative Party, this book focuses on the specific policy tools it has employed to carry out its political agenda. This includes changes to public spending and taxation, law and regulation, public management, and institutional reform. Bridging the gap between populism studies, UK politics and public policy, the book throws important light on the current state of British democracy, at a time when concerns over the growth of illiberalism and authoritarianism in democratic countries is high.
Public Policy and Democratic Backsliding in the UK
The Conservatives' Illiberal Turn
AvSean Kippin
Häftad, Engelska, 2026
492 kr
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This book examines the rise of illiberalism within the British Conservative Party during the last few decades. It traces how the party’s political agenda has become increasingly dominated by populist and nativist policy positions since the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union in 2016, and the ways in which this has led to growing concerns over democratic backsliding.Moving beyond debates over the ideology and governing philosophy of the Conservative Party, this book focuses on the specific policy tools it has employed to carry out its political agenda. This includes changes to public spending and taxation, law and regulation, public management, and institutional reform. Bridging the gap between populism studies, UK politics and public policy, the book throws important light on the current state of British democracy, at a time when concerns over the growth of illiberalism and authoritarianism in democratic countries is high.

Understanding Governance – serie

After Number 10

How Power Changes Hands

Impact of the Freedom of Information Act on Central Government in the UK

Hybrid Governance in European Cities

Politics of Party Policy

Parliamentary Socialisation

Ernest Gowers

Transforming British Government

Institutional Crisis in 21st Century Britain

Politics of Regulation in the UK

William Armstrong and British Policy Making

After Number 10

How Power Changes Hands

Impact of the Freedom of Information Act on Central Government in the UK

Hybrid Governance in European Cities

Politics of Party Policy

Parliamentary Socialisation

Institutional Crisis in 21st Century Britain

Eric Drummond and his Legacies

Narrative Policy Analysis

Assessing Public Management Reforms

Assessing Public Management Reforms

Core Executives in a Comparative Perspective

Core Executives in a Comparative Perspective

Comparing Network Governance in England and China

Comparing Network Governance in England and China

Ministerial Leadership

Ministerial Leadership

Public Policy and Democratic Backsliding in the UK

Public Policy and Democratic Backsliding in the UK