Overview
An authoritative study of leadership in the British civil service from one of the top authors in the field. Ken Theakston draws the lessons of how change in central government can be managed and implemented from a series of biographical studies of the acknowledged leaders in the civil service in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries - from Charles Trevelyan, the founder of the modern civil service, to modern mandarins such as Robert Armstrong and Margaret Thatcher's personal adviser the outsider Sir Derek Rayner. This study will appeal to students of British politics and government, public administration, public policy, political history and comparative politics, as well as policy-makers, civil servants and others interested in the policy-making and the governing process.Synopsis
An authoritative study of leadership in the British civil service from one of the top authors in the field. Ken Theakston draws the lessons of how change in central government can be managed and implemented from a series of biographical studies of the acknowledged leaders in the civil service in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries - from Charles Trevelyan, the founder of the modern civil service, to modern mandarins such as Robert Armstrong and Margaret Thatcher's personal adviser the outsider Sir Derek Rayner. This study will appeal to students of British politics and government, public administration, public policy, political history and comparative politics, as well as policy-makers, civil servants and others interested in the policy-making and the governing process.
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A study of leadership in the British civil service, taking lessons on how change in central government can be managed and implemented from a series of biographical studies of leaders in the civil service in the 19th and 20th centuries. These biographical case studies are linked with wider themes of leadership and administrative culture in Whitehall, leading to analysis of constraints on bureaucratic leadership in the British constitutional and political setting. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)