The civil service today

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The civil service today

Gavin Drewry and Tony Butcher

B. Blackwell, 1991

2nd ed

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Bibliography: p. [265]-273

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

In this revised and enlarged edition of their established textbook, Gavin Drewry and Tony Butcher bring their wide-ranging, critical survey of the Britsh civil service fully up-to-date, concluding with an examination of the nature and significance of the 'Next Steps' programme which is currently transforming the structure and management of the civil service.

Table of Contents

Contents. Acknowledgements. Prologue: Some Crises of the 1980s. 1. Charting the Territory. 2. How Things Came to Be. 3. Some Facts and Figures. 4. The Universal Department. 5. Recruitment and Training. 6. Conditions of Service. 7. The Working Context. 8. Ministers and Civil Servants. 9. The Public Face of Private Government. 10. Slimmer and Fitter: the Quest for Efficiency and Effectiveness. 11. The Civil Service at the Crossroads?. 12. The 'Next Steps' Programme. Notes. Select Bibliography. Index.

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  • NCID
    BA13216265
  • ISBN
    • 0631181725
  • LCCN
    91016907
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Oxford, U.K. ; Cambridge, Mass.
  • Pages/Volumes
    x, 281 p.
  • Size
    23 cm
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