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Prime Ministers and Whitehall 1960-74 (Hardcover)
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Prime Ministers and Whitehall 1960-74 (Hardcover)
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The study of Prime Ministers and the reform of British central
government in any era is fascinating. The interaction between the
temporary, often inexperienced but largely elected ministers and
the experienced but theoretically subservient senior civil servants
provides enormous interest. This book concentrates on the years of
Harold Macmillan, Harold Wilson, Alec Douglas Home and Edward
Heath--years when the battle between Civil Service and Government
was most intense. What makes this book more compelling is that many
of the key players, including Richard Crossman, Barbara Castle and
Tony Benn, wrote their own published accounts. Eighteen months
after he came to power, Harold Wilson commissioned the Fulton
Committee to look at the recruitment, training and management of
civil servants. The Fulton report emerged in 1968 and became
legendary for its difficult gestation and for the mini civil war,
which developed within Whitehall over its implementation. This is
but one episode in the history of British Prime Ministers' attempts
to reform the Civil Service. The Fulton report remains a landmark
in the administrative history of Britain.
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