ABSTRACT
First Published in 1978. This is an historical study of the growth of government in Britain. It was begun in 1970, and that is the point down to which the study is really taken. The most recent developments in government necessarily receive only limited attention, and the author hopes to publish separately a fuller study of administrative change in Britain since the 1950s.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part One|82 pages
Changing Ideas about the Role of Government Since 1780
part Two|145 pages
The Development of the Machinery and Functions of Government Since 1780
