Prime minister, cabinet, and core executive / edited by R.A.W. Rhodes and Patrick Dunleavy.

Other author Rhodes, R. A. W.
Other author Dunleavy, Patrick.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : St. Martin's Press, 1995.
Descriptionx, 364 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects
Prime ministers--Great Britain.
Cabinet system--Great Britain.

Contents Introducing the core executive ; Surveying the field. From prime ministerial power to core executive / R.A.W. Rhodes -- Central government departments and the policy process / Martin J. Smith, David Marsh and David Richards -- Interpreting history. Relations between prime minister and cabinet : from Wilson to Thatcher / Simon James -- The downfall of Margaret Thatcher / G.W. Jones -- Interpreting the rise and fall of Margaret Thatcher : power dependence and the core executive / Martin J. Smith.
Contents The cabinet office and coordination, 1979-87 / Anthony Selden -- The ethos of the cabinet office : a comment on the testimony of officials / Michael Lee -- Ministerial responsibility and the theory of the British state / Alan Beattie -- Empirical studies. Reinterpreting the Westland affair : theories of the state and core executive decision making / Patrick Dunleavy -- Core executive decision making on high technology issues : the case of the Alvey report / Leo Keliher.
Contents Joining the ERM : analysing a core executive policy disaster / Helen Thompson -- Leaders, politics and institutional change : the decline of prime ministerial accountability to the House of Commons, 1868-1990 / Patrick Dunleavy ... [et al.] -- Estimating the distribution of positional influence in cabinet committees under major / Patrick Dunleavy -- Guide to further reading / R.A.W. Rhodes.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 326-346) and indexes.
LCCN 94049141
ISBN0333558960 (hardcover)
ISBN0333555287 (pbk.)
ISBN0312126166 (St. Martin's Press : cloth)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks JN405 .P75 1995 ✔ Available Place Hold