Policy and politics in Britain : the limits of consensus
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Policy and politics in Britain : the limits of consensus
（Policy and politics in industrial states）
Temple University Press, 1981
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Bibliography: p. 301-317
Includes index
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ISBN 9780877221944
内容説明
This volume in the series "Policy and Politics in Industrial States" examines British effectiveness in planning and implementing government programs. In the British system, parliamentary supremacy rests on the widely accepted elite consensus that took shape a century or more before the British democracy took over the broad responsibilities associated with the modern welfare state. Modern political parties, mass democracy, even a modern administration, were grafted onto a working system, but the essential principles of cabinet and ministry responsibilities have survived with relatively little modification.The result has been a concentration of power at the top, while demands on government have proliferated. Ashford analyzes six policy areas administrative reform, economic policymaking, industrial relations, local and regional policies, social security (social welfare in Britain), race and immigration to see how political constraints like these operate in a time of immensely complex government. Two cases (administrative reform and economic policy) deal with restructuring government; two deal with important social issues (social security and race relations).
Each case analysis is accompanied by selected readings from official government documents and the writings of the critics of official policy. The analysis offers a strong point of view, unusual in a textbook, that is sure to invite scholarly debate.For example, it argues that although power is quite concentrated in the British system, it is exercised most often in the direction of avoiding decisions. More often than not, the grand adversarial politics played out in parliament are ineffective in dealing with the complexities of the modern welfare state. In practice, when major changes in policy are at issue, labour and conservatives may act less like true antagonists and more like two groups sharing a consensus. Douglas E. Ashford is Director, Western Studies Program, Cornell University.
目次
- Editors' Preface Preface 1. Policymaking in the British Welfare State Political Implications of the Welfare State Cabinet and Ministers: Does the Emperor Have Clothes? Ministers and Departments: Who Makes Policies? Parliament and Policymaking: The Primacy of Electoral Politics Parties, Groups, and Voters: A Passive or Satisfied Society? Dilemmas of Policymaking in a Consensual Society 2. Administrative Reform: Reorganizing for What? Context Agenda Process Consequences Readings: The Structure of Departments and Promoting Efficiency Resistance to Civil Service Reform
- Relations between Ministers and Civil Servants Making Administration Accountable 3. Economic Policymaking: Public Expenditure for What? Context Agenda Process Consequences Readings: Long-Term Surveys of Public Expenditure and Resources Callaghan's Response to Inflation
- Belated Efforts to Build an Industrial Strategy Erosion of Public Spending Controls Adverse Effects of Public Expenditure Forecasting Mrs. Thatcher's Struggle with Expenditure Cuts 4. Industrial Relations: Confusion of Sectoral Policies Context Agenda Process Consequences Readings: Trying Organizational Solutions to Industrial Conflict Legal Responsibilities of Trade Unions Public Sector Employment, Incomes Policy, and Inflation Difficult Choices for the TUC Conservatives Seek to Restrain Trade Unions 5. Local and Regional Policies: The Rejection of Territorial Politics Context Agenda Process Consequences Readings: The Division of Town and Country Relations between Central and Local Government Labour Tries to Restore Power to the Districts Conservatives Arouse New Fears of Intevention Center-Local Relations Again in Confusion 6. Social Security: Complexity Overcomes Politics Context Agenda Process Consequences Readings: Inflation and the Traditional Concept of Welfare Conflicts over Adjusting Benefits to Inflation Uncertainties of Pension Reform Integrating Taxation and Social Welfare Complexities of Limiting Social Welfare Costs 7. Race and Immigration: A Consensual Non-decision Context Agenda Process Consequences Readings: Governmental Indecision and Social Discrimination Confusion in Whitehall over Race Relations Policy Complications of Race and Sex Discrimination 8. The Limits of Consensus: One-Party Government in a Complex State Elite Consensus and Adversarial Politics: Guarding Fences While Losing Territory The Changing Environment of Policymaking: Can Politics Be Put to Work? Consensual Governing and the British Welfare State References Index
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pbk. ISBN 9780877221951
内容説明
This volume in the series "Policy and Politics in Industrial States" examines British effectiveness in planning and implementing government programs. In the British system, parliamentary supremacy rests on the widely accepted elite consensus that took shape a century or more before the British democracy took over the broad responsibilities associated with the modern welfare state. Modern political parties, mass democracy, even a modern administration, were grafted onto a working system, but the essential principles of cabinet and ministry responsibilities have survived with relatively little modification. The result has been a concentration of power at the top, while demands on government have proliferated. Ashford analyzes six policy areas administrative reform, economic policymaking, industrial relations, local and regional policies, social security (social welfare in Britain), race and immigration to see how political constraints like these operate in a time of immensely complex government. Two cases (administrative reform and economic policy) deal with restructuring government; two deal with important social issues (social security and race relations).
Each case analysis is accompanied by selected readings from official government documents and the writings of the critics of official policy. The analysis offers a strong point of view, unusual in a textbook, that is sure to invite scholarly debate. For example, it argues that although power is quite concentrated in the British system, it is exercised most often in the direction of avoiding decisions. More often than not, the grand adversarial politics played out in parliament are ineffective in dealing with the complexities of the modern welfare state. In practice, when major changes in policy are at issue, labour and conservatives may act less like true antagonists and more like two groups sharing a consensus. Douglas E. Ashford is Director, Western Studies Program, Cornell University.
目次
- Editors' Preface Preface 1. Policymaking in the British Welfare State Political Implications of the Welfare State Cabinet and Ministers: Does the Emperor Have Clothes? Ministers and Departments: Who Makes Policies? Parliament and Policymaking: The Primacy of Electoral Politics Parties, Groups, and Voters: A Passive or Satisfied Society? Dilemmas of Policymaking in a Consensual Society 2. Administrative Reform: Reorganizing for What? Context Agenda Process Consequences Readings: The Structure of Departments and Promoting Efficiency Resistance to Civil Service Reform
- Relations between Ministers and Civil Servants Making Administration Accountable 3. Economic Policymaking: Public Expenditure for What? Context Agenda Process Consequences Readings: Long-Term Surveys of Public Expenditure and Resources Callaghan's Response to Inflation
- Belated Efforts to Build an Industrial Strategy Erosion of Public Spending Controls Adverse Effects of Public Expenditure Forecasting Mrs. Thatcher's Struggle with Expenditure Cuts 4. Industrial Relations: Confusion of Sectoral Policies Context Agenda Process Consequences Readings: Trying Organizational Solutions to Industrial Conflict Legal Responsibilities of Trade Unions Public Sector Employment, Incomes Policy, and Inflation Difficult Choices for the TUC Conservatives Seek to Restrain Trade Unions 5. Local and Regional Policies: The Rejection of Territorial Politics Context Agenda Process Consequences Readings: The Division of Town and Country Relations between Central and Local Government Labour Tries to Restore Power to the Districts Conservatives Arouse New Fears of Intevention Center-Local Relations Again in Confusion 6. Social Security: Complexity Overcomes Politics Context Agenda Process Consequences Readings: Inflation and the Traditional Concept of Welfare Conflicts over Adjusting Benefits to Inflation Uncertainties of Pension Reform Integrating Taxation and Social Welfare Complexities of Limiting Social Welfare Costs 7. Race and Immigration: A Consensual Non-decision Context Agenda Process Consequences Readings: Governmental Indecision and Social Discrimination Confusion in Whitehall over Race Relations Policy Complications of Race and Sex Discrimination 8. The Limits of Consensus: One-Party Government in a Complex State Elite Consensus and Adversarial Politics: Guarding Fences While Losing Territory The Changing Environment of Policymaking: Can Politics Be Put to Work? Consensual Governing and the British Welfare State References Index
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