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Public Policy And Democratic Backsliding In The Uk - The Conservatives'' Illiberal Turn

by Sean Kippin

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 <p>This book examines the rise of illiberalism within the British Conservative Party during the last few decades. It traces how the party’s political agenda has become increasingly dominated by populist and nativist policy positions since the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union in 2016, and the ways in which this has led to growing concerns over democratic backsliding.</p><p>Moving beyond debates over the ideology and governing philosophy of the Conservative Party, this book focuses on the specific policy tools it has employed to carry out its political agenda. This includes changes to public spending and taxation, law and regulation, public management, and institutional reform. Bridging the gap between populism studies, UK politics and public policy, the book throws important light on the current state of British democracy, at a time when concerns over the growth of illiberalism and authoritarianism in democratic countries is high. <br></p>
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Ministerial Leadership - Practice, Performance And Power

by Leighton Andrews

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 <div><i>Ministerial Leadership</i> offers a practice-based account of how ministers in UK governments perform their roles and exercise leadership in their spaces of activity. Drawing on the unique Ministers Reflect archive of the Institute for Government, which is an open and growing resource of over 140 ministerial interviews at UK and devolved government levels, as well as other ministerial reflections, the book addresses the literature on ministerial life and political leadership, and develops new concepts for examining ministerial leadership in different spheres. It argues that the relationship between ministers and civil servants has changed significantly in recent decades, as ministers place greater emphasis on delivery and implementation. The book adopts a theoretically pluralist approach with the intention of offering a valuable teaching aid for existing and new courses. It will appeal to all those interested in public policy and governance. <br></div><div><br></div>
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Comparing Network Governance In England And China

by Yongmei Li

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 <p>This book compares network governance practices and public service delivery in England and China. Adopting a political ethnographic approach, it assesses whether networked forms of governance are used in provision of care for the elderly and those with learning disabilities in the two countries. It also examines several concepts from network governance theory - including interdependence and resource exchange, trust and reciprocity, and diplomatic skills - in the context of English and Chinese local state engagement with NGOs providing and managing care. Perhaps surprisingly, the book argues that there are more similarities than differences in network governance practices in England and China. It will appeal to all those interested in network governance theory, public administration and comparative politics.</p>
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Assessing Public Management Reforms

by Jean-Claude Thoenig e Patrick Gibert

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 This book examines why many ambitious public management policies do not materialize.
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Core Executives In A Comparative Perspective - Governing In Complex Times

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 This book examines the contemporary relevance of the concept of the core executive across a range of constitutional contexts, covering examples from Westminster system, continental Europe, and Scandinavia.
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Core Executives In A Comparative Perspective - Governing In Complex Times

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 This book examines the contemporary relevance of the concept of the core executive across a range of constitutional contexts, covering examples from Westminster system, continental Europe, and Scandinavia.
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Assessing Public Management Reforms

by Jean-Claude Thoenig e Patrick Gibert

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 This book examines why many ambitious public management policies do not materialize.
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Assessing Public Management Reforms

by Jean-Claude Thoenig e Patrick Gibert

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 This book examines why many ambitious public management policies do not materialize.
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Eric Drummond And His Legacies - The League Of Nations And The Beginnings Of Global Governance

by David Macfadyen, John Burley, Marilyn Norah Carr e Michael D. V. Davies

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 His influence in shaping the International Civil Service, the â€˜beating heartâ€™ of the League, is the subject of Part 2, which also shows how the young staff he appointed responded with imagination and creativity to the political, economic and social problems that followed World War I.
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Eric Drummond And His Legacies - The League Of Nations And The Beginnings Of Global Governance

by David Macfadyen, John Burley, Marilyn Norah Carr e Michael D. V. Davies

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 His influence in shaping the International Civil Service, the â€˜beating heartâ€™ of the League, is the subject of Part 2, which also shows how the young staff he appointed responded with imagination and creativity to the political, economic and social problems that followed World War I.
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Narrative Policy Analysis - Cases In Decentred Policy

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 <div>Narratives or storytelling are a feature of the everyday life of all who work in government. They tell each other stories about the origins, aims and effects of policies to make sense of their world. These stories form the collective memory of a government department; a retelling of yesterday to make sense of today. This book examines policies through the eyes of the practitioners, both top-down and bottom-up; it decentres policies and policymaking. To decentre is to unpack practices as the contingent beliefs and actions of individuals. Decentred analysis produces detailed studies of people’s beliefs and practices. It challenges the idea that inexorable or impersonal forces drive politics, focusing instead on the relevant meanings, the beliefs and preferences of the people involved. </div><div><br></div><div>This book presents ten case studies, covering penal policy, zero-carbon homes, parliamentary scrutiny, children’s rights, obesity, pension reform, public service reform,evidence-based policing, and local economic knowledge. It introduces a different angle of vision on the policy process; it looks at it through the eyes of individual actors, not institutions. In other words, it looks at policies from the other end of the telescope. It concludes there is much to learn from a decentred approach. It delivers edification because it offers a novel alliance of interpretive theory with an ethnographic toolkit to explore policy and policymaking from the bottom-up.</div><div><br></div><div>Written by members of the Department of Politics and International Relations of the University of Southampton, with their collaborators at other universities, the book’s decentred approach provides an alternative to the dominant evidence-based policy nostrums of the day. </div><div></div>
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William Armstrong And British Policy Making

by Kevin Theakston e Philip Connelly

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 This book offers a detailed account of the life and career of William Armstrong, the most influential civil servant in Britain in the 1960s and 1970s, and one of the most powerful and significant Whitehall officials in the post-1945 period.
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William Armstrong And British Policy Making

by Kevin Theakston e Philip Connelly

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 This book offers a detailed account of the life and career of William Armstrong, the most influential civil servant in Britain in the 1960s and 1970s, and one of the most powerful and significant Whitehall officials in the post-1945 period.
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Politics Of Regulation In The Uk - Between Tradition, Contingency And Crisis

by Daniel Fitzpatrick

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 This book explores the discourse of regulatory crisis in the UK and examines why, despite the increasing contestation of the principles underpinning the regulatory state, its institutions and practices continue to be firmly embedded within the governance of the British state. It considers its implications for our understanding of the contemporary nature of the British state, and to the study of regulation which is no longer confined to the domain of low politics, populated by technocrats, but is scrutinised by elected politicians, and the subject of the front pages rather than the financial pages. The author sets the British regulatory tradition in a wider context, both spatially, in terms of the challenges presented by Europeanisation, and temporally, critically analysing the process of crisis construction in the narratives of neoliberalism and participatory democracy in the contemporary era.
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Institutional Crisis In 21st Century Britain

by David Richards

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 In 21st century Britain, a 'perfect storm' seems to have engulfed many of its institutions. This book is the first wholesale consideration of the crisis of legitimacy that has taken root in Britain's key institutions and explores the crisis across them to determine if a set of shared underlying pathologies exist to create this collective crisis.
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Parliamentary Socialisation - Learning The Ropes Or Determining Behaviour?

by M. Rush e P. Giddings

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 This first book-length study of the socialisation of MPs uses questionnaire data gathered over two Parliaments (1992-97 and 1997-2001) to find out how MPs learn about, and what their attitudes are towards, their role as a Member of Parliament. It analyzes their participation in debates, the use of Parliamentary Questions and committee work.
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How Power Changes Hands - Transition And Succession In Government

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 How can we strengthen the capacity of governments and parties to manage arrivals and departures at the top? Democracy requires reliable processes for the transfer of power from one generation of leaders to the next. This book introduces new analytical frameworks and presents the latest empirical evidence from comparative political research.
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Impact Of The Freedom Of Information Act On Central Government In The Uk - Does Foi Work?

by B. Worthy, M. Glover e R. Hazell

59,61€ + 10% CARD

 Based on interviews with officials, requesters and journalists, as well as a survey of FOI requesters and a study of stories in the national media, this book offers a unique insight into how the Freedom of Information Act 2000 really works.
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After Number 10 - Former Prime Ministers In British Politics

by K. Theakston

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 Having lost an election, been thrown out by their party, or retired on grounds of ill-health, what do former British prime ministers do? In the first book to look at the lives,Â political roles and influence of former prime ministers, TheakstonÂ analyzes all the former prime ministers from Walpole in the 18th century to Blair today.
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Ernest Gowers - Plain Words And Forgotten Deeds

by A. Scott

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 Draws on previously inaccessible family archives to penetrate the anonymity and public reticence of one of Britain's great twentieth century civil servants. Gowers was highly influential in public policy throughout his long civil service career, which began in 1903 and culminated in running London's civil defence throughout the Second World War.
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After Number 10 - Former Prime Ministers In British Politics

by K. Theakston

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 Having lost an election, been thrown out by their party, or retired on grounds of ill-health, what do former British prime ministers do? In the first book to look at the lives,Â political roles and influence of former prime ministers, TheakstonÂ analyzes all the former prime ministers from Walpole in the 18th century to Blair today.
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Institutional Crisis In 21st Century Britain

by David Richards

121,66€ + 10% CARD

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 In 21st century Britain, a 'perfect storm' seems to have engulfed many of its institutions. This book is the first wholesale consideration of the crisis of legitimacy that has taken root in Britain's key institutions and explores the crisis across them to determine if a set of shared underlying pathologies exist to create this collective crisis.
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The Impact Of The Freedom Of Information Act On Central Government In The Uk - Does Foi Work?

by B. Worthy, M. Glover e R. Hazell

60,82€ + 10% CARD

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 Based on interviews with officials, requesters and journalists, as well as a survey of FOI requesters and a study of stories in the national media, this book offers a unique insight into how the Freedom of Information Act 2000 really works.
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Parliamentary Socialisation - Learning The Ropes Or Determining Behaviour?

by M. Rush e P. Giddings

60,82€ + 10% CARD

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 This first book-length study of the socialisation of MPs uses questionnaire data gathered over two Parliaments (1992-97 and 1997-2001) to find out how MPs learn about, and what their attitudes are towards, their role as a Member of Parliament. It analyzes their participation in debates, the use of Parliamentary Questions and committee work.
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