Author : David Richards
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Book Synopsis The Civil Service Under the Conservatives, 1979-1997 by : David Richards
Download or read book The Civil Service Under the Conservatives, 1979-1997 written by David Richards and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on a series of interviews with retired and active British civil servants who worked in the Thatcher and Major governments, Richards (political science and international studies, U. of Birmingham) offers a comprehensive look at the administration's attitude toward the bureaucracy it inherited. He highlights Thatcher's efforts to reform an institution to which she was ideologically hostile but that employed highly talented and able officers. He also projects the heritage of the Conservative period and suggests that the civil service may soon vanish. Distributed by ISBS. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR