Interpreting British GovernanceRoutledge, 2003 M09 2 - 240 pages How is Britain governed? Have we entered a new era of governance? Can traditional approaches to governance help us to interpret 21st century Britain? This book develops the argument that we can understand political practices only by grasping the beliefs on which people act. It offers a governance narrative as a challenge to the Westminster model of British government and searches for a more accurate and open way of speaking about British government. |
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... concentrate on their shared intellectual heritage in themes surrounding the nineteenth-century administrative revolution. These themes are: British exceptionalism, the generalist civil servant, collectivism, Introduction: on governance 13.
... concentrate on their shared intellectual heritage in themes surrounding the nineteenth-century administrative revolution. These themes are: British exceptionalism, the generalist civil servant, collectivism, Introduction: on governance 13.
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Mark Bevir, Rod Rhodes. These themes are: British exceptionalism, the generalist civil servant, collectivism, gradualism, elitism, local self-government and efficiency. We show that these themes remain central to understanding present ...
Mark Bevir, Rod Rhodes. These themes are: British exceptionalism, the generalist civil servant, collectivism, gradualism, elitism, local self-government and efficiency. We show that these themes remain central to understanding present ...
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Contents
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The public sector on traditions and dilemmas
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The civil service on history and ethnography
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Bibliography | 202 |
Index | 227 |
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