Everyday life in British government /
As citizens, why do we care about the everyday life of ministers and civil servants? We care because the decisions of the great and the good affect all our lives, for good or ill. For all their personal, political, and policy failings and foibles, they make a difference. So, we want to know what min...
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2011
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Table of Contents:
- Observing government elites
- The governmental setting
- The departmental setting
- The Minister
- The Permanent Secretary
- The departmental court
- Protocols, rituals, and languages
- Networks and governance
- The resignation
- Willed ordinariness, being there, and myths
- 1 Observing Government Elites 1
- Part I The Setting
- 2 The Governmental Setting 21
- 3 The Departmental Setting 46
- Part II The Actors
- 4 The Minister 75
- 5 The Permanent Secretary 109
- Part III Scenes
- 6 The Departmental Court 137
- 7 Protocols, Rituals, and Languages 166
- 8 Networks and Governance 210
- 9 The Resignation 244
- 10 Willed Ordinariness, Being There, and Myths 280