Rodney Lowe

The Official History of the British Civil Service

Reforming the Civil Service, Volume I: The Fulton Years, 1966-81

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Produktbeschreibung

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 advisersthe need for a Prime Minister's Departmentthe 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.

Produktdetails

• Government Official History Series
• Verlag: Routledge / Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 568
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Februar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 816g
• ISBN-13: 9780367491697
• ISBN-10: 0367491699
• Artikelnr.: 58803504

Autorenporträt

Rodney Lowe is Emeritus Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Bristol. He has published widely on comparative history, and especially on UK government and welfare policy.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: The Legacy 1. The Northcote-Trevelyan Report and the Evolution of the Civil Service, 1854 - 1916 2. The Fisher-Bridges Settlement, 1916-56 Part 2: The Reform Momentum 3. Modernisation before Fulton, 1956-66 4. The Fulton Committee, 1966-8 Part 3: The Politics and Planning of Reform 5. Modernisation's Moment, 1968-72 6. The Crisis of Consensus, 1973-9 7. Mrs Thatcher and the Demise of the Civil Service Department, 1979-81 Part 4: Wider Issues, 1966-81 8. Whitleyism, 1966-81 9. Management Challenges 10. Political Pressures Part 5: Conclusion 11. Ringing out the Old, Ringing in the New

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Part 1: The Legacy 1. The Northcote
Trevelyan Report and the Evolution of the Civil Service, 1854
1916 2. The Fisher
Bridges Settlement, 1916
56 Part 2: The Reform Momentum 3. Modernisation before Fulton, 1956
66 4. The Fulton Committee, 1966
8 Part 3: The Politics and Planning of Reform 5. Modernisation's Moment, 1968
72 6. The Crisis of Consensus, 1973
9 7. Mrs Thatcher and the Demise of the Civil Service Department, 1979
81 Part 4: Wider Issues, 1966
81 8. Whitleyism, 1966
81 9. Management Challenges 10. Political Pressures Part 5: Conclusion 11. Ringing out the Old, Ringing in the New