Making British defence policy : continuity and change

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Making British defence policy : continuity and change

Robert Self

(Routledge advances in defence studies / series editors, Timothy Clack and Oliver Lewis)

Routledge, 2022

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Bibliography: p. [259]-276

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

- fills a gap in the literature on how defence policy is made in contemporary Britain - focuses on the mechanics of policy making, by looking at a wide variety of policy actors, from cabinet ministers to mass media and public opinion - follows the Westminster model, which is the best fit for the centralised nature of defence policy formation - author is an experienced and well-known scholar of British policymaking

Table of Contents

1 Making Defence Policy in Contemporary Britain 2 The diplomatic and economic context for defence policy-making 3 The Ministry of Defence in transition 4 The Prime Minister and the 'central direction of defence' 5 Cabinet government and defence policy 6 The Defence Secretary and their department 7 Departmental politics within the Whitehall village 8 The Treasury and financial control in an age of austerity 9 Civil-military relations in Britain 10 The Armed Forces, judiciary and the fear of legal encirclement 11 The influence of Parliament over defence policy 12 Political parties, pressure groups and public opinion 13 Conclusions Bibliography Appendix: Ministers, Permanent Under-Secretaries and Chief of Defence Staff at the Ministry of Defence since 1946

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Details

  • NCID
    BC17092861
  • ISBN
    • 9781032132884
  • LCCN
    2021061001
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    xiii, 286 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
  • Parent Bibliography ID
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