Transforming British Government: Changing Roles and Relationships Volume 2 (Transforming Government)

319 Pages·2000·3.37 MB·English

by  R.A.W. Rhodes, B. Pimlott

Transforming British
Government
Changing Roles and Relationships
Volume 2
Edited by
R.A.W. Rhodes
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Transforming British Government
Volume 2: Changing Roles and Relationships
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Transforming Government
General Editor: R. A. W. Rhodes, Professor of Politics, University of Newcastle
This important and authoritative new series arises out of the seminal ESRC
Whitehall Programme and seeks to fill the enormous gaps in our knowledge of the
key actors and institutions of British government. It examines the many large
changes during the postwar period and puts these into comparative context by
analysing the experience of the advanced industrial democracies of Europe and
the nations of the Commonwealth. The series reports the results of the Whitehall
Programme, a four-year project into change in British government in the postwar
period, mounted by the Economic and Social Research Council.
Titles include:
Nicholas Deakin and Richard Parry
THE TREASURY AND SOCIAL POLICY
The Contest for Control of Welfare Strategy
B. Guy Peters, R. A. W. Rhodes and Vincent Wright (editors)
ADMINISTERING THE SUMMIT
Administration of the Core Executive in Developed Countries
R. A. W. Rhodes (editor)
TRANSFORMING BRITISH GOVERNMENT
Volume One: Changing Institutions
Volume Two: Changing Roles and Relationships
Martin J. Smith
THE CORE EXECUTIVE IN BRITAIN
Kevin Theakston
LEADERSHIP IN WHITEHALL
Kevin Theakston (editor)
BUREAUCRATS AND LEADERSHIP
Patrick Weller, Herman Bakvis and R. A. W. Rhodes (editors)
THE HOLLOW CROWN
Countervailing Trends in Core Executives
Transforming Government
Series Standing Order ISBN 0–333–71580–2
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Transforming British
Government
Volume 2: Changing Roles and Relationships
Edited by
R. A. W. Rhodes
Professor of Politics
University of Newcastle
in association with
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
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First published in Great Britain 2000 by
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Transforming British government / edited by R.A.W. Rhodes
p. cm. — (Transforming government)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: v. 1. Changing institutions — v. 2. Changing roles and relationships.
ISBN 0–312–23584–4 (v.1) ISBN 0–312–23585–2 (v.2)
1. Great Britain—Politics and government—1945– I. Rhodes, R. A. W. II.
Series.
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Selection, editorial matter, Chapters 1 and 14 © R. A. W. Rhodes 2000
Foreword © Ben Pimlott 2000
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Contents
List of Boxes, Figures and Tables ix
Foreword: The Whitehall Programme x
Editor’s Preface and Acknowledgements xii
Notes on the Contributors xv
1 Introduction: The ESRC Whitehall Programme: a Guide to
Changing Roles and Relationships 1
R. A. W. Rhodes
Appendix: Programme Publications, 1994–2000 15
Part I: The Core Executive 25
2 Governing from the Centre: Policy Co-ordination in Six European
Core Executives 27
Vincent Wright and Jack Hayward
3 When and Why Does a Prime Minister Change? 47
Richard Rose
4 Support for the Prime Minister: the Hidden Influence of No. 10 63
Dennis Kavanagh and Anthony Seldon
5 The Treasury and Social Policy 79
Nicholas Deakin and Richard Parry
Part II: Ministers and Ministries 99
6 Barons in a Shrinking Kingdom: Senior Ministers in British
Government 101
Philip Norton
7 Permanent Secretaries: Comparative Biography and Leadership
in Whitehall 125
Kevin Theakston
8 The Changing Role of Central Government Departments 146
Martin J. Smith, David Richards and David Marsh
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Part III: New Modes of Service Delivery 165
9 Accounting and Accountability: an Historical Case Study of
a Private–Public Partnership 167
Noel Whiteside
10 Modelling Institutional Change: the Making of Markets 182
Janet Newman, Sue Richards and Paula Smith
11 Public Involvement: Making it Work 205
Jane Steele and John Seargeant
12 Transforming Regional Government Offices in England:
a New Whitehall Agenda 223
Ken Spencer and John Mawson
13 The Changing Central Government of Science and Technology 237
Philip Gummett, Deborah Cox, Rebecca Boden and Katharine Barker
14 Conclusion: Understanding the British Governmental Tradition: an
Anti-Foundational Approach 256
R. A. W. Rhodes
Bibliography 276
Name Index 289
Subject Index 294