Interpreting British Governance

TRAMA

Governance in Britain has changed enormously in the past twenty years from the market led Thatcher years to Blair's 'joined up government'. This book, written by two leading scholars, is a major contribution to our understanding of the theoretical approaches to governance and of how British politics actually works in practice. The authors provide a radical challenge to traditional accounts of British politics, such as the Westminster model, and instead offer a highly original interpretive approach.

NOTE EDITORE

How is Britain governed? Have we entered a new era of governance? Can traditional approaches to governance help us to interpret 21st century Britain?This book develops the argument that we can understand political practices only by grasping the beliefs on which people act. It offers a governance narrative as a challenge to the Westminster model of British government and searches for a more accurate and open way of speaking about British government.

SOMMARIO

1. Introduction: On governance Part 1: The Approach: On interpretation 2. An Interpretative Agenda 3. Governance in Britain 4. Decentring Governance Part 2: The Public Sector: On traditions and dilemmas 5. Comparing Britain and Denmark 6. Narratives of Thatcherism 7. New Labour's Civil Service Part 3: The Civil Service: On history and ethnography 8. The roots of Governance 9. The Meaning of Governance 10. Conclusions: On governance again

AUTORE

Rod Rhodes; Mark Bevir

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9780415304511
• Dimensioni: 9.25 x 6.25 in Ø 1.05 lb
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pagine Arabe: 240