The End of Whitehall? Government by Permanent Campaign /

• Main Author: Diamond, Patrick (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Political science.; Great Britain-Politics and government.; Public policy.; Legislative bodies.; Democracy.; Popular Science in Political Science and International Relations.; British Politics.; Public Policy.; Governance and Government.; Legislative and Executive Politics.

This Palgrave Policy Essential maps and assesses key changes in the Whitehall model over the last two decades. It argues that the traditional Whitehall model is being replaced by a system of 'New Political Governance' (NPG) centred on politicised campaigning; the growth of political adviso...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Government by 'Permanent Campaign'
• Chapter 3: The Growth of Political Advisory Staff
• Chapter 4: The Personalisation of Appointments
• Chapter 5: A 'Promiscuously Partisan' Bureaucracy
• Chapter 6: Conclusion.