Radical reforms of the civil service during the 1980s and 90s
have broken up the old unified hierarchical structures. In their
place are peripheral agencies concerned with policy implementation
and a central core comcerned with policy-making. The radical
reforms are described and assessed in terms of the public choice
and public management theories which underpin them.
Bureau-maximizing and bureau-shaping models are used to predict the
directions we should expect the reforms to take and their likely
success. The key central chapter of the book examines the equivocal
use of the term "efficiency" used to justify the managerial
changes. This is the first textbook which critically examines
theories of bureaucracy together with an introductory and
descriptive account of the civil service today.
General
Imprint: |
Routledge
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Theory and Practice in British Politics |
Release date: |
September 1995 |
First published: |
1995 |
Authors: |
Keith Dowding
|
Dimensions: |
216 x 138 x 12mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
214 |
Edition: |
New |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-415-07568-8 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Politics & government >
General
|
LSN: |
0-415-07568-8 |
Barcode: |
9780415075688 |
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