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The Thatcher era has been a traumatic one for the career Civil Service, so much so that one leading civil servant has suggested that the order of change is such that a ‘new Civil Service’ is emerging. This paper examines, first, interpretations of what has happened to the Civil Service under the Thatcher government; next, it reviews the developments relating to the economy programme and the Financial Management Initiative; then it considers the current state of the Civil Service pay and promotion system; finally, it concludes that thus far at least, essentially, the ‘old Civil Service’ has s

ISSN:0033-3298    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9299.1988.tb00678.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1988

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Recent concern among administrators about the effect of judicial review on their work is exaggerated. The cases show that judges are aware of the pitfalls of too much judicial intervention. Judges do not control government. To understand their role, we must distinguish three different judicial techniques (here called directing, limiting and structuring) which are usually conflated under the title of ‘control’. In doing their jobs, judges generate principles to guide administrative procedures and judge their legality. That can make a useful contribution to structuring administrative decision‐making, but only if the civil service is as sensitive to the potential value of judicial review as judges are to its possible da

ISSN:0033-3298    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9299.1988.tb00679.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1988

数据来源: WILEY

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Hung local authorities have grown in numbers in recent years. This paper analyses the experience of those authorities. First it reviews the growing body of literature and argues that it has largely been concerned with particular authorities. The authors then proposed a research‐based classification of hung authorities, before examining both the nature of political behaviour and changes in management. Finally, the paper identifies factors leading to stability and instability in hung authorities and the characteristics of both situation

ISSN:0033-3298    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9299.1988.tb00680.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1988

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This paper draws on data gathered during fieldwork conducted in 1986. It attempts to describe and explain the substantive and procedural nature of three local authorities’exercise of discretionary powers in the housing benefit scheme. Particular emphasis is placed on the extent to which administrative practices conform to legislative requirement, on the prescriptive influence of councillors over the administrative process and on the appellate role of the quasi‐judicial housing benefit review board. The paper suggests that an understanding of the dynamics of the administrative process can be found only through a dissection of each organizations’respective ‘administrative culture’, a multi‐faceted common‐sense rationale comprising political, moral, organizational and environmental factors which may be either mutually supportive or

ISSN:0033-3298    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9299.1988.tb00681.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1988

数据来源: WILEY

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Supreme audit institutions claim to avoid directly criticizing government policy. However, their assertions do not reflect reality. Israel's State Comptroller is explicit in criticizing government policy, and suggesting other policies in their place. The US General Accounting Office, the UK National Audit Office, and the Philippines Commission on Audit also criticize policy, but with styles that are more subtle and indirect than the Israeli auditor's. A review of the responses to Israel's audit reports reveals the extent of policy influence and the constraints that limit the auditor's role as a policy‐make

ISSN:0033-3298    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9299.1988.tb00682.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1988

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0033-3298    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9299.1988.tb00683.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1988

数据来源: WILEY

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YES, PRIME MINISTER, VOLUME 1 Jonathan Lynn Antony Jay (eds.)ADVISING THE RULERS William Plowden (ed.)THE POLITICAL SCIENCE OF BRITISH POLITICS Jack Hayward Philip Norton (eds.)FROM CRISIS TO COMPLACENCY? SHAPING PUBLIC POLICY IN BRITAIN Brian HogwoodPRIVATISATION: THE BRITISH EXPERIENCE – AN AUSTRALIAN PERSPECTIVE Kenneth WiltshireTHE WELFARE STATE EAST AND WEST Richard Rose and Rei Shiratori (eds.)ACCOUNTABILITIES IN FIVE PUBLIC SERVICES Patricia Day and Rudolf Klein TavistockMATCHING RESOURCES TO NEEDS IN COMMUNITY CARE Bleddyn Davies David Challis GowerCASE MANAGEMENT IN COMMUNITY CARE David Challis and Bleddyn Davies GowerRESOURCE ALLOCATION IN THE HEALTH SERVICE: A REVIEW OF THE METHODS OF THE RESOURCE ALLOCATION WORKING PARTY (RAWP) Nicholas Mays Gwyn BevanLOCAL GOVERNMENT MANAGERS AT WORK: The City and County Manager System of Local Government in the Republic of Ireland Neil Collins Institute of Public Administration (Dublin) 1987NUCLEAR POWER IN CRISIS Andrew Blowers and David Pepper (eds.)QUASI‐LEGISLATION: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN SECONDARY LEGISLATION Gabriele Ganz Sweet&Maxwell, 1987PLAYING THE PUBLIC INOUIRY GAME. AN OBIECTOR'S GUIDE Wendy Le LasSOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH AND GOVERNMENT: COMPARATIVE ESSAYS ON BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES M. Bulmer (ed.)ORGANIZATION THEORY AND TECHNOCRATIC CONSCIOUSNESS: RATIONALITY, IDEOLOGY, AND QUALITY OF WORK Mats Alvesson De Gru

ISSN:0033-3298    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9299.1988.tb00684.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1988

数据来源: WILEY