The Elite of the Elite : Permanent Secretaries in the British Higher Civil Service

The Elite of the Elite : Permanent Secretaries in the British Higher Civil Service

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  • 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 282 p.
  • 言語 ENG
  • 商品コード 9781855214798
  • DDC分類 354.410023

基本説明

Plans for publication cancelled. This will be the first authoritative, full-length study of the office of permanent secretary and those who hold and have held the important position of permanent secretary at the apex of the Whitehall elite.

Full Description

Permanent secretaries are the most senior of Britain's civil servants. This work examines the role and functions of the post and summarizes the development of the office. Certain aspects of the development of the higher civil service are discussed in the wider context of the state.

Contents

Part 1 The office of permanent secretaryoffice of permanent secretary; advising Ministers; running a department; accounting to Parliament; a day in the life - permanent secretaries at work. Part 2 Permanent secretaries past and present - a profile: a changing social and educational elite; reaching the summit - many are called, few are chosen. Part 3 Permanent secretaries in Whitehall - career patterns: an insular order? Permanent secretaries and the outside world; the dance of the mandarins - interdepartmental mobility within Whitehall; strangers in paradise? Permanent secretaries, ministers and their departments. Part 4 Permanent secretaries and the state: permanent secretaries and the performance of government; permanent secretaries and the constitution.