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| Previous Title: | Greenwood, John R. Public administration in Britain today |
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| Physical Description: | XIV, 281 S. |
| ISBN: | 0415236800 0415236797 |
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Contents
LIST OF FIGURES ix
LIST OF TABLES x
LIST OF BOXES xi
PREFACE xiii
1 The context of British public administration 1
Introduction 2
What is public administration? 2
The policy/administration dichotomy 3
The changing context of public administration 3
Public administration or public management? 6
The managerialisation of British public administration 9
The scope of British public administration 16
The complexity of British public administration 17
The discipline of public administration 20
Conclusion 21
Further reading 21
2 The Whitehall universe: departments and agencies 23
Introduction 24
What is a government department? 24
Departmental organisation 27
Departmental organisation and civil servants 29
CONTENTS
Reforming departmental organisation: 'from MINIS to FMI' 30
The Next Steps report 32
Evaluating Next Steps 34
Market testing 37
Advisory machinery 38
The departmental pattern 39
Giant departments 40
The contemporary departmental pattern 41
The dynamics of departmental work 41
Conclusion 44
Further reading 44
3 The core executive 47
Introduction 48
Coordination within departments 49
Coordination between departments 49
The Cabinet 53
Cabinet committees 56
The Cabinet Office 61
The Prime Minister's Office 65
Conclusion 68
Further reading 68
4 Ministers and civil servants 71
Introduction 72
Ministers 72
Civil servants 73
Civil servants and ministers: working relationships 78
A ruling class? 82
Reforming the civil service 83
Thatcher and Major's 'civil service revolution' 85
The Blair government and the civil service 89
Conclusion: the end of the civil service? 91
Further reading 92
5 Local government in context 93
Introduction 94
Development and structure 94
Local authority functions 99
Local government finance 103
CONTE
Local democracy: theoretical perspectives 109
Political parties 1 11
Pressure groups 1 12
Conclusion 114
Further reading 114
6 Inside local government 115
Introduction 1 16
The traditional pattern: committees and departments 1 16
Executive leadership 118
Councillors 12w
The local government workforce 123
Councillor/officer relations 126
Customers, clients and citizens 129
Conclusion 132
Further reading 132
7 Governance, partnerships and central control 133
Introduction 134
Governance, partnerships and networks 135
The context of contemporary central/local relations 136
Central/local relations: the formal framework 138
Analytical models 140
Best Value and Beacons 142
Democratic renewal 147
Conclusion 149
Further reading 150
8 Quasi government 151
Introduction 152
Numbers and types of quangos 152
The local scene: from elected to appointed government 156
The Blair government's perspective 157
Accountability 159
Patronage 161
Quangos and policy 162
Conclusion 163
Further reading 164
CONTENTS
9 Parliament 165
Introduction 166
Honourable Members 166
Roles of MPs 167
Functions of Parliament 170
House of Commons modernisation 177
Reform of the House of Lords 179
Conclusion: Westminster's challenges 182
Further reading 184
10 Multi level governance 185
Introduction 186
From the unitary state to multi level governance 1 86
The UK and the EU 188
Devolved governance: Scotland 192
Devolved governance: Wales 197
Devolved governance: Northern Ireland 199
English regional governance: a summary of issues and themes 202
The NHS: an aspect of regional administration 203
Conclusion 208
Further reading 209
11 Privatisation and the regulatory state 211
Introduction 212
Why privatise? 212
Types of privatisation 215
The state steps back: from provider to regulator 220
Conclusion 225
Further reading 226
12 Accountability and redress: citizens, clients
and customers 227
Introduction 228
Approaches to understanding accountability 228
Redressing grievances: a component of accountability 232
Channels and mechanisms for redress 234
Charters and Service First 243
Conclusion: emerging themes in the modernisation of accountability 245
Further reading 249
BIBLIOGRAPHY 251
INDEX 269
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Figures
5.1 Elected local government in England and Wales, 1974 86 95
5.2 Elected local government in Scotland, 1975 96 96
5.3 The local government structure in England, January 2000 97
5.4 The complexity of local governance: Liverpool 102
Tables
1.1 UK public sector employment, 1979 99 17
2.1 Major departments and staff in post, April 2000 26
4.1 Civil service numbers by responsibility levels (1999) 87
5.1 Britain's large scale local government 98
5.2 English county and district councils: who does what? 101
5.3 Funding of revenue expenditure in England 106
5.4 Local authority capital expenditure in England (£bn) 108
6.1 Nottinghamshire County Council's committee structure, January 2000 119
6.2 Local authority (England and Wales) employment levels
by authority type as at December 1998 124
6.3 English local authority staff employment levels as at December 1998 125
6.4 Senior posts in local government: gender and ethnicity 125
7.1 Activities covered by Best Value pilots 144
8.1 Numbers and staffing of NDPBs, 1979 2000 154
8.2 Number of extra governmental organisations in the UK, 1996 156
9.1 Reports from the Modernisation of the House of Commons Select
Committee 178
10.1 Scotland votes 193
10.2 Wales votes 198
Boxes
1.1 Key principles in public administration 7
2.1 The Next Steps report: key findings 32
2.2 Next Steps Agencies: main characteristics 34
2.3 Whitehall pair fight to head job agency 43
3.1 The Blair Cabinet (February 2001) 57
3.2 Cabinet committee structure 58
3.3 Coordination of government policy 66
4.1 Ministerial code 77
4.2 Labour's taskforce king: Lord Haskins of Skidby 79
4.3 John Major's career development? 80
4.4 Seven challenges for the civil service 90
4.5 The Wilson Report: six 'key themes' 90
5.1 The primary functions of elected local government 99
5.2 How representative are councillors? 110
6.1 New models of political management 120
6.2 The separate worlds of councillors and officers 126
7.1 Best Value Inspectorate Forum 139
7.2 The twelve principles of Best Value 144
7.3 The first Beacon Councils 146
8.1 Examples oftaskforces operating in 2000 159
9.1 Parliament's functions 171
9.2 Select committees of the House of Commons 177
9.3 The Wakeham Report on reform of the House of Lords 181
10.1 Dealing with EU business in Whitehall and Westminster:
the key bodies 192
10.2 Key stages in the return of devolution to Northern Ireland 200
10.3 English Regional Development Agencies and Regional Chambers 204
11.1 The Private Finance Initiative 219
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BOXES
11.2 Portrait of a regulator: OFTEL 221
12.1 Accountability of government ministers 230
12.2 Some approaches to understanding accountability 232
12.3 Some British cases at the European Court of Human Rights 238
12.4 Who are the ombudsmen? 239
12.5 The Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration: case trends 241
12.6 Ombudsmen: advantages and disadvantages 242
12.7 Service First principles of public service delivery 244
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