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- catalog abstract "There is a great gap between the principles of public administration in Britain and the way in which policies are actually implemented. Grant Jordan explains and discusses the basic principles and theories before going on to show how in practice Governments tend to make up policy as they go along. Teachers and students of Public Policy and Public Administration will welcome the new approach of this text, which combines an analysis of theory and practice with discussions on recent developments.".
- catalog contributor b6855747.
- catalog coverage "Great Britain Politics and government.".
- catalog created "1994.".
- catalog date "1994".
- catalog date "1994.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1994.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "There is a great gap between the principles of public administration in Britain and the way in which policies are actually implemented. Grant Jordan explains and discusses the basic principles and theories before going on to show how in practice Governments tend to make up policy as they go along. Teachers and students of Public Policy and Public Administration will welcome the new approach of this text, which combines an analysis of theory and practice with discussions on recent developments.".
- catalog description "pt. I. Organising without certainty. 1. Government in the fog. 2. Getting the design of Government 'right': looking for the philosophers' stone. 3. Understanding organisations: the battle of beliefs. 4. Co-ordination by political clout: the 'strength at the centre' argument. 5. 'Next Steps' into the fog. 6. Public and private: boxes or mirrors? -- pt. II. Accountability without certainty. 7. Collective ministerial responsibility: a prime ministerial strength? 8. Individual ministerial responsibility: qualified to death? 9. Administration and the law: tinkering or transformation?".
- catalog extent "viii, 280 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0415015502".
- catalog identifier "0415015510 (pbk.)".
- catalog issued "1994".
- catalog issued "1994.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London ; New York : Routledge,".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain Politics and government.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain.".
- catalog subject "350/.000941 20".
- catalog subject "JN318 .J67 1994".
- catalog subject "Public administration Great Britain.".
- catalog tableOfContents "pt. I. Organising without certainty. 1. Government in the fog. 2. Getting the design of Government 'right': looking for the philosophers' stone. 3. Understanding organisations: the battle of beliefs. 4. Co-ordination by political clout: the 'strength at the centre' argument. 5. 'Next Steps' into the fog. 6. Public and private: boxes or mirrors? -- pt. II. Accountability without certainty. 7. Collective ministerial responsibility: a prime ministerial strength? 8. Individual ministerial responsibility: qualified to death? 9. Administration and the law: tinkering or transformation?".
- catalog title "The British administrative system : principles versus practice / Grant Jordan.".
- catalog type "text".