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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.
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Front Matter
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'This text is the first comprehensive assessment of the Labour government's approach to the civil service and is based on an original account of the power relationship between the government, Whitehall and the wider policy community...This is a first-class book that should be of interest to anyone with an academic interest in governance and or British politics. It should have a place in good academic libraries for decades to come.' - Michael Cole, Political Studies Review
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About the author
DAVID RICHARDS is a Reader in Politics at the University of Sheffield, UK. He has held posts at the Universities of Strathclyde, Birmingham and Liverpool and had a Visiting Fellowship at the University of Sydney. He is the author of various books on British politics and public policy including in this series: Changing Patterns of Governance in the United Kingdom (with David Marsh and Martin J. Smith).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: New Labour and the Civil Service
Book Subtitle: Reconstituting the Westminster Model
Authors: David Richards
Series Title: Transforming Government
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230593183
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-9380-9Published: 12 November 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-54418-9Published: 01 January 2008
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-59318-3Published: 12 November 2007
Series ISSN: 2946-9309
Series E-ISSN: 2946-9317
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 272
Topics: British Politics, Political Science