Interpreting British Governance

ISBN-13: 9780415304528 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 232 str.

Mark Bevir; R. A. W. Rhodes

Opis

How should we study government? How do we know what we know about British government? What is governance? Governance in Britain has changed enormously since 1980, from the market-led Thatcher years to Blair's joined up government. This book examines the situation.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: On governance Part 1: The Approach: On interpretation 2. An Interpretative Agenda 3. Governance in Britain 4. Decentring Governance Part 2: The Public Sector: On traditions and dilemmas 5. Comparing Britain and Denmark 6. Narratives of Thatcherism 7. New Labour's Civil Service Part 3: The Civil Service: On history and ethnography 8. The roots of Governance 9. The Meaning of Governance 10. Conclusions: On governance again

O autorze

Rod Rhodes; Mark Bevir