
The Core Executive in Britain
Martin J. Smith(Author)
Palgrave Macmillan (Publisher)
Published on 20. January 1999
Book
Hardback
304 pages
978-0-333-60515-8 (ISBN)
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Description
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 ideas to provide an 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 than competitors.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Basingstoke
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 215 mm
Width: 138 mm
Weight
409 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-60515-8 (9780333605158)
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Content
Introducing the Core Executive - Analysing the Core Executive - The Core Executive in Historical Perspective - The Core of the Core: Relations between the Prime Minister and Cabinet - Ministers, Civil Servants and Departments: the Core Executive and Policy Making - Coordinating the Core Executive: the Cabinet Office, the Prime Minister's Office and the Treasury - Reforming the Core Executive - Constraints on the Core Executive - Constitution, State and Core Executive - Bibliography - Index