Overview

The book uses a biographical approach to analyse the potential for, forms of, and constraints upon bureaucratic leadership in modern government. Case studies, written by experts in the different fields, assess the impact of particular officials operating in Whitehall, the United States federal government, the health service, local government, and Europe. The book brings together an innovative methodology with a wide policy coverage.

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Author:   K. Theakston
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.455kg
ISBN:  

9780333749685

ISBN 10:   0333749685
Pages:   225
Publication Date:   07 December 1999
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

List of Tables Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors The Biographical Approach to Public Administration: Potential, Purpose and Problems; K.Theakston Excellence in Administrative Leadership: An Examination of Six Federal Execucrats; N.M.Riccucci Three Giants of the Inter-war Higher Civil Service: Sir Maurice Hankey, Sir Warren Fisher and Sir Horace Wilson; G.K.Fry Innovators at 10 Downing Street; J.Burnham & G.W.Jones The Conservatives, New Labour and Whitehall: A Biographical Examination of the Political Flexibility of the Mandarin Cadre; D.Richards Chief Executives and Leadership in a Local Authority: A Fundamental Antithesis ; K.Isaac-Henry Lord Cockfield: A European Commissioner as a Political Entrepreneur; C.Lord Policy Entrepreneurship in Action: The Contribution to Health and Social Care Policymaking of Sir Roy Griffiths 1982-1992; S.Harrison & G.Wistow Executive Agency Chief Executives: Their Leadership Values; E.Mallon Index

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KEVIN THEAKSTON is Reader in Government at University of Leeds. He is the author of Leadership in Whitehall , Junior Ministers in British Government , The Labour Party and Whitehall and The Civil Service since 1945 .

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