New Labour and the Civil Service [electronic resource] : Reconstituting the Westminster Model /
Richards, D.author.
This is the first serious study to analyze Labour's approach to the Civil Service. It offers a theoretically engaged, empirically rich analysis drawing from over 300 interviews with key actors to explore the 'New Labour' effect on Whitehall. It considers 1997 transition process and the extent to which reform has improved public service delivery.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Preface and Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Labour and the Civil Service: Governing in the Shadow of the Westminster Model; 3 Theorising Whitehall: Labour's Response to the Conservative Inheritance; 4 Transition in Government; 5 Labour and the Civil Service: From Managerialism to a Reconstituted Westminster Model; 6 The Core Executive under Labour: Politicising Whitehall?; 7 Conclusion: Labour and the Civil Service - Reconstituting the Westminster Model; Appendix A; Appendix B; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-260) and index.
This is the first serious study to analyze Labour's approach to the Civil Service. It offers a theoretically engaged, empirically rich analysis drawing from over 300 interviews with key actors to explore the 'New Labour' effect on Whitehall. It considers 1997 transition process and the extent to which reform has improved public service delivery.
Labour Party (Great Britain)
Great Britain—Politics and government.
Political science.
British Politics.
Political Science.