ABSTRACT
How is Britain governed? Have we entered a new era of governance? Can traditional approaches to governance help us to interpret 21st century Britain?
This book develops the argument that we can understand political practices only by grasping the beliefs on which people act. It offers a governance narrative as a challenge to the Westminster model of British government and searches for a more accurate and open way of speaking about British government.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|64 pages
The approach
chapter 2|28 pages
An interpretive agenda
chapter 3|17 pages
Governance in Britain
chapter 4|17 pages
Decentring governance
part II|63 pages
The public sector
chapter 5|26 pages
Comparing Britain and Denmark
chapter 6|17 pages
Narratives of Thatcherism
chapter 7|18 pages
New Labour's civil service
part III|59 pages
The civil service