The core executive in Britain
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Bibliographic Information
The core executive in Britain
（Transforming government series）
Macmillan , St. Martin's, 1999
- : uk : hbk
- : uk : pbk
- : us
Available at 23 libraries
Note
"Published in association with the ESRC Whitehall Programme"
Bibliography: p. 256-273
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
- Volume
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: uk : hbk ISBN 9780333605158
Description
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 ideas to provide an 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.
Table of Contents
Introducing the Core Executive - Analysing the Core Executive - The Core Executive in Historical Perspective - The Core of the Core: Relations between the Prime Minister and Cabinet - Ministers, Civil Servants and Departments: the Core Executive and Policy Making - Coordinating the Core Executive: the Cabinet Office, the Prime Minister's Office and the Treasury - Reforming the Core Executive - Constraints on the Core Executive - Constitution, State and Core Executive - Bibliography - Index
- Volume
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: uk : pbk ISBN 9780333605165
Description
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.
Table of Contents
Introducing the Core Executive.- Analysing the Core Executive.- The Core Executive in Historical Perspective.- The Core of the Core: Relations between the Prime Minister and Cabinet.- Ministers, Civil Servants and Departments: the Core Executive and Policy Making.- Coordinating the Core Executive: the Cabinet Office, the Prime Minister's Office and the Treasury.- Reforming the Core Executive.- Constraints on the Core Executive.- Constitution, State and Core Executive.- Bibliography.- Index.
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