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Transforming British Government Changing Roles and Relationships Volume 2 Edited by R.A.W. Rhodes rhodes v.2/92349/crc 11/7/00 10:01 am Page 1 Transforming British Government Volume 2: Changing Roles and Relationships rhodes v.2/92349/crc 11/7/00 10:01 am Page 2 Transforming Government General Editor: R. A. W. Rhodes, Professor of Politics, University of Newcastle This important and authoritative new series arises out of the seminal ESRC Whitehall Programme and seeks to fill the enormous gaps in our knowledge of the key actors and institutions of British government. It examines the many large changes during the postwar period and puts these into comparative context by analysing the experience of the advanced industrial democracies of Europe and the nations of the Commonwealth. The series reports the results of the Whitehall Programme, a four-year project into change in British government in the postwar period, mounted by the Economic and Social Research Council. Titles include: Nicholas Deakin and Richard Parry THE TREASURY AND SOCIAL POLICY The Contest for Control of Welfare Strategy B. Guy Peters, R. A. W. Rhodes and Vincent Wright (editors) ADMINISTERING THE SUMMIT Administration of the Core Executive in Developed Countries R. A. W. Rhodes (editor) TRANSFORMING BRITISH GOVERNMENT Volume One: Changing Institutions Volume Two: Changing Roles and Relationships Martin J. Smith THE CORE EXECUTIVE IN BRITAIN Kevin Theakston LEADERSHIP IN WHITEHALL Kevin Theakston (editor) BUREAUCRATS AND LEADERSHIP Patrick Weller, Herman Bakvis and R. A. W. Rhodes (editors) THE HOLLOW CROWN Countervailing Trends in Core Executives Transforming Government Series Standing Order ISBN 0–333–71580–2 (outside North America only) You can receive future titles in this series as they are published by placing a standing order. Please contact your bookseller or, in case of difficulty, write to us at the address below with your name and address, the title of the series and the ISBN quoted above. Customer Services Department, Macmillan Distribution Ltd, Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS, England rhodes v.2/92349/crc 11/7/00 10:01 am Page 3 Transforming British Government Volume 2: Changing Roles and Relationships Edited by R. A. W. Rhodes Professor of Politics University of Newcastle in association with ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL rhodes v.2/92349/crc 11/7/00 10:01 am Page 4 First published in Great Britain 2000 by MACMILLAN PRESS LTD Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS and London Companies and representatives throughout the world A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN 0–333–75243–0 First published in the United States of America 2000 by ST. MARTIN’S PRESS, LLC, Scholarly and Reference Division, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 ISBN 0–312–23585–2 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Transforming British government / edited by R.A.W. Rhodes p. cm. — (Transforming government) Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: v. 1. Changing institutions — v. 2. Changing roles and relationships. ISBN 0–312–23584–4 (v.1) ISBN 0–312–23585–2 (v.2) 1. Great Britain—Politics and government—1945– I. Rhodes, R. A. W. II. Series. JK231 .T72 2000 320.941—dc21 00–039063 Selection, editorial matter, Chapters 1 and 14 © R. A. W. Rhodes 2000 Foreword © Ben Pimlott 2000 Chapters 2–13 © Macmillan Press Ltd 2000 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1P 0LP. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 02 01 00 Printed and bound in Great Britain by Antony Rowe Ltd, Chippenham, Wiltshire To Vincent Wright, 1937–1999 This page intentionally left blank Contents List of Boxes, Figures and Tables ix Foreword: The Whitehall Programme x Editor’s Preface and Acknowledgements xii Notes on the Contributors xv 1 Introduction: The ESRC Whitehall Programme: a Guide to Changing Roles and Relationships 1 R. A. W. Rhodes Appendix: Programme Publications, 1994–2000 15 Part I: The Core Executive 25 2 Governing from the Centre: Policy Co-ordination in Six European Core Executives 27 Vincent Wright and Jack Hayward 3 When and Why Does a Prime Minister Change? 47 Richard Rose 4 Support for the Prime Minister: the Hidden Influence of No. 10 63 Dennis Kavanagh and Anthony Seldon 5 The Treasury and Social Policy 79 Nicholas Deakin and Richard Parry Part II: Ministers and Ministries 99 6 Barons in a Shrinking Kingdom: Senior Ministers in British Government 101 Philip Norton 7 Permanent Secretaries: Comparative Biography and Leadership in Whitehall 125 Kevin Theakston 8 The Changing Role of Central Government Departments 146 Martin J. Smith, David Richards and David Marsh vii viii Contents Part III: New Modes of Service Delivery 165 9 Accounting and Accountability: an Historical Case Study of a Private–Public Partnership 167 Noel Whiteside 10 Modelling Institutional Change: the Making of Markets 182 Janet Newman, Sue Richards and Paula Smith 11 Public Involvement: Making it Work 205 Jane Steele and John Seargeant 12 Transforming Regional Government Offices in England: a New Whitehall Agenda 223 Ken Spencer and John Mawson 13 The Changing Central Government of Science and Technology 237 Philip Gummett, Deborah Cox, Rebecca Boden and Katharine Barker 14 Conclusion: Understanding the British Governmental Tradition: an Anti-Foundational Approach 256 R. A. W. Rhodes Bibliography 276 Name Index 289 Subject Index 294
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