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The Core Executive in Britain (Understanding Governance)
Martin J. Smith
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Description for The Core Executive in Britain (Understanding Governance)
Paperback. The study of central government has been dominated by the questions of Prime Ministerial versus Cabinet government and civil service versus ministerial power. This book challenges these ideas to provide an assessment of and introduction to power and policy at the core of British political life. Series: Transforming Government. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JPH; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 421.
The study of central government has been dominated by the recurring questions of Prime Ministerial versus Cabinet government and civil service versus ministerial power. Using the idea of 'power dependence' this book challenges these simplicities to provide a definitive assessment of - and introduction to - power and policy at the core of British political life. It undermines traditional approaches by demonstrating that power in the core executive is complex, and flows between actors and institutions. The Prime Minister can only exercise power with the support of the Cabinet, and ministers and officials are often partners rather ... Read more
The study of central government has been dominated by the recurring questions of Prime Ministerial versus Cabinet government and civil service versus ministerial power. Using the idea of 'power dependence' this book challenges these simplicities to provide a definitive assessment of - and introduction to - power and policy at the core of British political life. It undermines traditional approaches by demonstrating that power in the core executive is complex, and flows between actors and institutions. The Prime Minister can only exercise power with the support of the Cabinet, and ministers and officials are often partners rather ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Series
Transforming Government
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333605165
SKU
V9780333605165
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99-5
About Martin J. Smith
MARTIN J. SMITH is Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Sheffield. His previous publications include Contemporary British Conservatism (Macmillan, 1996).
Reviews for The Core Executive in Britain (Understanding Governance)
'Smith takes the present-day analysis of the British executive out of the academic journals and makes it accessible to a larger audience for the first time. I expect the book to change the way in which we discuss the power of the British executive. Gone forever are the hoary old cliches of prime ministerial power, replaced by a ... Read more