Making British defence policy : continuity and change
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Bibliographic Information
Making British defence policy : continuity and change
（Routledge advances in defence studies / series editors, Timothy Clack and Oliver Lewis）
Routledge, 2022
- : pbk
Available at 3 libraries
Note
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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