The Official History of the British Civil Service: Reforming the Civil Service, Volume I: The Fulton Years, 1966-81

ISBN-13: 9780367491697 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 552 str.

Rodney Lowe

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

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.