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The Official History of the British Civil Service - Reforming the Civil Service, Volume I: The Fulton Years, 1966-81 (Hardcover, New)
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The Official History of the British Civil Service - Reforming the Civil Service, Volume I: The Fulton Years, 1966-81 (Hardcover, New)
Series: Government Official History Series
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This first volume of the Official History of the UK Civil Service
covers its evolution from the Northcote-Trevelyan Report of 1854 to
the first years of Mrs Thatcher's government in 1981. Despite
current concerns with good governance and policy delivery, little
serious attention has been paid to the institution vital to both:
the Civil Service. This Official History is designed to remedy this
by placing present problems in historical context and by providing
a helpful structure in which others, and particularly former
officials, may contribute to the debate. Starting with the seminal
1854 Northcote-Trevelyan Report, it covers the lost opportunity' of
the 1940s when the Service failed to adapt the needs of big
government' as advocated by Beveridge and Keynes. It then examines,
in greater detail, the belated attempts at modernisation in the
1960s, the Service's vilification in the 1970s and the final
destruction of the old order' during the first years of Mrs
Thatcher's government. Particular light is shed on the origins of
such current concerns as * The role of special advisers; * The need
for a Prime Minister's Department; * The evolution of Parliamentary
Select Committees to resolve the potential tension between
bureaucracy and Parliamentary democracy. This Official History is
based on extensive research into both recently released and
unreleased papers as well as interviews with leading participants.
It has important lessons to offer all those, both inside and
outside the UK, seeking to improve the quality of democratic
government. This book will be of great interest to all students of
British history, British government and politics, and of public
administration in general.
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