Civil Service In Great Britain

Author : Martin Stanley
Publisher : Biteback Publishing
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781785900167

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How to Be a Civil Servant by Martin Stanley Pdf

Although it is seldom recognised as such by the public, the civil service is a profession like any other. The UK civil service employs 400,000 people across the country, with over 20,000 students and graduates applying to enter every year through its fast-stream competition alone. Martin Stanley's seminal How to Be a Civil Servant was the first guidebook to the British civil service ever published. It remains the only comprehensive guide on how civil servants should effectively carry out their duties, hone their communication skills and respond to professional, ethical and technical issues relevant to the job. It addresses such questions as: How do you establish yourself with your minister as a trusted adviser? How should you feed the media so they don’t feed on you? What’s the best way to deal with potential conflicts of interest? This fully updated new edition provides the latest advice, and is a must-read for newly appointed civil servants and for those looking to enter the profession – not to mention students, academics, journalists, politicians and anyone with an interest in the inner workings of the British government.

Author : Dorman Bridgman Eaton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1880
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UGA:32108002142894

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Civil Service in Great Britain by Dorman Bridgman Eaton Pdf

Author : Robert Moses
Publisher : New York, Columbia U
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1914
Category : Civil service
ISBN : UGA:32108001530693

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The Civil Service of Great Britain by Robert Moses Pdf

Author : William Alexander Robson
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:49015000439274

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The Civil Service in Britain and France by William Alexander Robson Pdf

Author : Rodney Lowe
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2011-01-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136830143

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The Official History of the British Civil Service by Rodney Lowe Pdf

This first volume of the Official History of the UK Civil Service covers its evolution from the Northcote-Trevelyan Report of 1854 to the first years of Mrs Thatcher’s government in 1981. Despite current concerns with good governance and policy delivery, little serious attention has been paid to the institution vital to both: the Civil Service. This Official History is designed to remedy this by placing present problems in historical context and by providing a helpful structure in which others, and particularly former officials, may contribute to the debate. Starting with the seminal 1854 Northcote-Trevelyan Report, it covers the ‘lost opportunity’ of the 1940s when the Service failed to adapt the needs of ‘big government’ as advocated by Beveridge and Keynes. It then examines, in greater detail, the belated attempts at modernisation in the 1960s, the Service’s vilification in the 1970s and the final destruction of the ‘old order’ during the first years of Mrs Thatcher’s government. Particular light is shed on the origins of such current concerns as the role of special advisers the need for a Prime Minister’s Department the evolution of Parliamentary Select Committees to resolve the potential tension between bureaucracy and Parliamentary democracy. This Official History is based on extensive research into both recently released and unreleased papers as well as interviews with leading participants. It has important lessons to offer all those, both inside and outside the UK, seeking to improve the quality of democratic government. This book will be of great interest to all students of British history, British government and politics, and of public administration in general.

Author : Robert Pyper
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UCSC:32106012246895

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The British Civil Service by Robert Pyper Pdf

An introduction to the historical development, nature, organization and role of the British civil service and an analysis of its importance as a political institution. The key precepts of permanency, neutrality and ministerial responsibility are outlined and a comparison made between the British civil service and other executives. The book also covers changes occurring in the civil service as a result of the Ibbs Report and the Next Steps Initiative, and looks at the relationship between Whitehall and Brussels. Up-to-date coverage includes the recent institutional changes and proposals for further reform.

Author : Harold Edward Dale
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1941
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UVA:X000385900

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The Higher Civil Service of Great Britain by Harold Edward Dale Pdf

Author : William Robson
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2021-12-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000527780

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The British Civil Servant by William Robson Pdf

First Published in 1937, The British Civil Servant presents a comprehensive overview of the main problems and conditions related to the British public service during early twentieth century. It discusses important themes like what is public service; the administrative class in the home civil service; middle and lower grades of the local government service; the experts in the civil service; women in public service; the Indian civil service and the colonial civil service. With chapters written by experts like Professor Ernest Barker, Harold Nicolson, William A. Robson, this book is a must read for scholars and researchers of British political history, public administration, and political science.

Author : Great Britain. Civil Service Committee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1855
Category : Civil service
ISBN : WISC:89119121275

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Papers on the Re-organisation of the Civil Service by Great Britain. Civil Service Committee Pdf

Author : Anthony King,Ivor Crewe
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 668 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2014-09-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781780746180

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The Blunders of Our Governments by Anthony King,Ivor Crewe Pdf

With unrivalled political savvy and a keen sense of irony, distinguished political scientists Anthony King and Ivor Crewe open our eyes to the worst government horror stories and explain why the British political system is quite so prone to appalling mistakes.

Author : Peter Kellner,Norman Crowther Crowther-Hunt Baron Crowther-Hunt
Publisher : London : Macdonald General
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015011286807

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The Civil Servants by Peter Kellner,Norman Crowther Crowther-Hunt Baron Crowther-Hunt Pdf

Author : Hiram Miller Stout
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1938
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015065754528

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Public Service in Great Britain by Hiram Miller Stout Pdf

Author : John Halligan
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015060085373

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Civil Service Systems in Anglo-American Countries by John Halligan Pdf

This title presents a comprehensive overview of the issues in modern bureacracies, combined with a comparative analysis of the civil service systems and administrative traditions of five Anglo-American nations: Australia, Canada, great Britain, New Zealand and the United States. country's civil service from three broad perspectives: external relations, internal constituent features and patterns of change. By employing a comparative framework in conjunction with empirical research, they are able to emphasise the specific nature, characteristics and development of each service system. They also highlight the historical developments and reforms associated with the Anglo-American model, which are often highly distinctive compared with the other OECD nations. The concludes with a systematic comparison of each civil service system, attempting to find parallels and variations between them.

Author : Barry O'Toole
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2006-09-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135770990

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The Ideal of Public Service by Barry O'Toole Pdf

A close examination of the ethics of higher civil servants in Britain and how they have been undermined by recent developments in public administration. Barry O'Toole tackles key questions such as: how should public servants behave? how should they be encouraged to think ethically? how should they be motivated to do so? Focusing on the role of public service, public duty and the public interest in the twenty-first century, O’Toole answers these important questions and looks at the emergence of ‘new public management’, the increasingly important role of 'special advisers' and the decline of the public service ethos under New Labour. The Ideal of Public Service explores some of the key contributions to the development of ideas about public service in the context of British central administration and provides a discussion of recent trends in administrative practice in the UK. Combining political theory and an analysis of the history and development of the civil service, this timely book will be of strong interest to those researching British Politics, Governance and Public Policy.

Author : R.A. W. Rhodes,P. Carmichael,J McMillan,A Massey
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2003-02-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780335227563

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Decentralizing The Civil Service by R.A. W. Rhodes,P. Carmichael,J McMillan,A Massey Pdf

This book is concerned with the civil services of the United Kingdom, examining their characteristics and trends since 1970. It provides a map of the British civil service beyond Whitehall, giving an individual country-by-country analysis of the civil services of the UK. It considers the implications of the changing nature of the civil services for our understanding of British governance, especially in the context of the public sector management reforms of the 1980s and 1990s and the impact of constitutional change (chiefly devolution) since 1998. Given that devolution has been characterized as a process rather than an event, the book brings to bear evidence of how existing longstanding differences within some parts of British public administration may come to be replicated elsewhere in the UK. The authors also explore two controversial propositions. First they ask whether Britain is moving from the unitory, strong executive of the 'Westminster model' to a 'differentiated polity' characterized by institutional fragmentation. Second, they consider whether an unintended consequence of recent changes is a 'hollowing out of the state'. Is the British executive losing functions downwards to devolved governments and special-purpose bodies and outwards to regional offices and agencies with a resulting loss of central capacity? Substantial empirical data (both quantitative and qualitative) has been amassed here in order to give answers to these questions. Decentralizing the Civil Service assesses the UK's changing civil services in the wake of two decades of public sector management reforms and New Labour's constitutional reform programme, most notably devolution to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. This assessment has significant implications for how we view governance in the UK.