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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457560203321

Autore

Rhodes R. A. W

Titolo

Everyday life in British government [[electronic resource] /] / R.A.W. Rhodes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2011

ISBN

0-19-161907-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 349 p.)

Disciplina

351.41

Soggetti

Legislators - Politics and Government - Great Britain

Cabinet officers - Great Britain

Legislators - Great Britain

Government - Non-U.S

Law, Politics & Government

Government - Europe

Electronic books.

Great Britain Officials and employees

Great Britain Politics and government 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

List of Table and Figures; Glossary; Preface and Acknowledgements; 1. Observing Government Elites; PART I: THE SETTING; 2. The Governmental Setting; 3. The Departmental Setting; PART II: THE ACTORS; 4. The Minister; 5. The Permanent Secretary; PART III: SCENES; 6. The Departmental Court; 7. Protocols, Rituals and Languages; 8. Networks and Governance; 9. The Resignation; 10. Willed Ordinariness, Being There, and Myths; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In his fascinating, new piece of political anthropology, Rod Rhodes uncovers exactly how the British political elite thinks and acts.