Governing by numbers : delegated legislation and everyday policy-making / by Edward C. Page
| Governing by numbers : delegated legislation and everyday policy-making / by Edward C. Page |
| Autore | Page Edward |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford [England] ; Portland, Oregon, : Hart Publishing, 2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (254 p.) |
| Disciplina |
328.41
342.42066 352.340942 |
| Soggetto topico |
Delegated legislation - Great Britain
Policy sciences |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-4725-5903-7
1-280-80840-3 9786610808403 1-84731-099-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Machine generated contents note: Chapter 1: Politics in Seclusion 1 -- But is it politics? 1 -- It's politics, but not as we know it 3 -- The character of secluded politics 7 -- Moving out of seclusion 14 -- Illuminating the obscurity 15 -- Chapter 2: Examining the Instrument 19 -- What are Statutory Instruments? 20 -- Not new, but increasingly important 21 -- How Sis are made: the formalities 25 -- Courts and delegated legislation 27 -- Conclusions 31 -- Chapter 3: The stuff of everyday politics 35 -- Reading the labels 38 -- Subjects covered and ministries concerned 45 -- Political action and SIs 48 -- High politics, low politics and SIs 49 -- How much of political importance is involved in delegated 52 -- legislation? -- Chapter 4: The origins of regulations 55 -- Different types of SI 56 -- Where do the initiatives come from? 66 -- Conclusions 81 -- Chapter 5: Ministers on Top 83 -- What gets referred to ministers and when 83 -- Delegated legislation: the domain of the junior minister 87 -- The nature of ministerial involvement 89 -- The muffled impact of parties 95 -- Conclusions 100 -- Chapter 6: Drafting SIs: the joint effort of administrators and lawyers 103 -- Administrators' roles 104 -- Lawyers' roles 114 -- Conclusions 126 -- Chapter 7: Consulting outside interests 129 -- Contrasting consultative processes 130 -- Is consultation inclusive? 140 -- Responding to consultations 143 -- Conclusions 153 -- Chapter 8: The discreet impact of parliamentary scrutiny 157 -- The Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments 158 -- Scrutiny of policy 168 -- Assessing the impact of Parliament 172 -- Conclusions 174 -- Chapter 9: Everyday politics and high politics 177 -- Understanding everyday government 179 -- Forms of bias 184 -- The relationship between everyday and high politics 186 -- Governing in a nether world 190 -- Appendix A: The Medicines (Control of Substances for 195 -- Manufacture) (Revocation) Order 1997 -- Appendix B: Analysis of SIs on CD-ROM 199 -- Appendix C: SIs examined in detail in Chapter 3 201 -- Appendix D: Selection of 46 SIs for detailed case studies 213 -- Appendix E: Survey of interest groups 217 -- List of SIs cited in text 223 -- Bibliography 231 -- Index 235
Chapter 1: Politics in Seclusion -- Chapter 2: Examining the Instrumen -- Chapter 3: The stuff of everyday politics -- Chapter 4: The origins of regulations -- Chapter 5: Ministers on Top -- Chapter 6: Drafting SIs: the joint effort of administrators and lawyers -- Chapter 7: Consulting outside interests -- Chapter 8: The discreet impact of parliamentary scrutiny -- Chapter 9: Everyday politics and high politics |
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| Oxford [England] ; Portland, Oregon, : Hart Publishing, 2001 | ||
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Governing by numbers : delegated legislation and everyday policy-making / by Edward C. Page
| Governing by numbers : delegated legislation and everyday policy-making / by Edward C. Page |
| Autore | Page Edward |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford [England] ; Portland, Oregon, : Hart Publishing, 2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (254 p.) |
| Disciplina |
328.41
342.42066 352.340942 |
| Soggetto topico |
Delegated legislation - Great Britain
Policy sciences |
| ISBN |
1-4725-5903-7
1-280-80840-3 9786610808403 1-84731-099-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Machine generated contents note: Chapter 1: Politics in Seclusion 1 -- But is it politics? 1 -- It's politics, but not as we know it 3 -- The character of secluded politics 7 -- Moving out of seclusion 14 -- Illuminating the obscurity 15 -- Chapter 2: Examining the Instrument 19 -- What are Statutory Instruments? 20 -- Not new, but increasingly important 21 -- How Sis are made: the formalities 25 -- Courts and delegated legislation 27 -- Conclusions 31 -- Chapter 3: The stuff of everyday politics 35 -- Reading the labels 38 -- Subjects covered and ministries concerned 45 -- Political action and SIs 48 -- High politics, low politics and SIs 49 -- How much of political importance is involved in delegated 52 -- legislation? -- Chapter 4: The origins of regulations 55 -- Different types of SI 56 -- Where do the initiatives come from? 66 -- Conclusions 81 -- Chapter 5: Ministers on Top 83 -- What gets referred to ministers and when 83 -- Delegated legislation: the domain of the junior minister 87 -- The nature of ministerial involvement 89 -- The muffled impact of parties 95 -- Conclusions 100 -- Chapter 6: Drafting SIs: the joint effort of administrators and lawyers 103 -- Administrators' roles 104 -- Lawyers' roles 114 -- Conclusions 126 -- Chapter 7: Consulting outside interests 129 -- Contrasting consultative processes 130 -- Is consultation inclusive? 140 -- Responding to consultations 143 -- Conclusions 153 -- Chapter 8: The discreet impact of parliamentary scrutiny 157 -- The Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments 158 -- Scrutiny of policy 168 -- Assessing the impact of Parliament 172 -- Conclusions 174 -- Chapter 9: Everyday politics and high politics 177 -- Understanding everyday government 179 -- Forms of bias 184 -- The relationship between everyday and high politics 186 -- Governing in a nether world 190 -- Appendix A: The Medicines (Control of Substances for 195 -- Manufacture) (Revocation) Order 1997 -- Appendix B: Analysis of SIs on CD-ROM 199 -- Appendix C: SIs examined in detail in Chapter 3 201 -- Appendix D: Selection of 46 SIs for detailed case studies 213 -- Appendix E: Survey of interest groups 217 -- List of SIs cited in text 223 -- Bibliography 231 -- Index 235
Chapter 1: Politics in Seclusion -- Chapter 2: Examining the Instrumen -- Chapter 3: The stuff of everyday politics -- Chapter 4: The origins of regulations -- Chapter 5: Ministers on Top -- Chapter 6: Drafting SIs: the joint effort of administrators and lawyers -- Chapter 7: Consulting outside interests -- Chapter 8: The discreet impact of parliamentary scrutiny -- Chapter 9: Everyday politics and high politics |
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| Oxford [England] ; Portland, Oregon, : Hart Publishing, 2001 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Policy bureaucracy [[electronic resource] ] : government with a cast of thousands / / Edward C. Page and Bill Jenkins
| Policy bureaucracy [[electronic resource] ] : government with a cast of thousands / / Edward C. Page and Bill Jenkins |
| Autore | Page Edward |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (241 p.) |
| Disciplina | 352.3/4 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | JenkinsW. I (William Ieuan) |
| Soggetto topico |
Bureaucracy
Political planning |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-19-151561-2
1-280-75594-6 1-4237-8685-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Preface; Glossary; A; B; C; D; E; H; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; 1. Government with a Cast of Thousands; Policy as a bureaucratic activity; A cast of thousands; Patterns of policy bureaucracy; Structure of the book; 2. Policy Bureaucrats; Under the hat; Beyond the statistics; Careers in the middle; Pathways into the service; Terminus or stepping stone?; Education and expertise; Qualifications and expertise; Specialization and mobility; Interdepartmental mobility; Job mobility; Experience; Skills and improvised expertise; Conclusions; 3. Policy Work; Views of policy work
The forms of policy workProduction; Maintenance; Service; Giving numbers; Conclusions; 4. More than Embellishment and Detail: The Impact of Policy Work; Embellishing strategic policy decisions?; The bearable lightness of instruction; Taking the broader view; Joining things up; Getting the UK angle; Human rights; Europe; Elaborating policy and detail; The initiation of policy; Conclusions; 5. Discretion, Cues and Authority; Discretion and responsibility; Informality; Dealing with the minister; The minister; Private office; Special advisers; The role of bureaucratic superiors Cues and discretionThe notion of the 'steer'; Conclusions; 6. Controlling Expertise in a Policy Bureaucracy; Improvised expertise and invited authority; Looking through different lenses; The impact of methodology; Different theoretical perspectives; The consequences of the trade-off between hierarchy and expertise; Demand-led authority; The drawback of improvised expertise; Policy officials as 'representative' bureaucrats; Representative bureaucracy and its alternatives; Representative bureaucracy in the USA; Other approaches to policy bureaucracy; The nature of the bureaucratic state Appendix: The interviewsEndnotes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465146703321 |
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| New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005 | ||
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Policy bureaucracy [[electronic resource] ] : government with a cast of thousands / / Edward C. Page and Bill Jenkins
| Policy bureaucracy [[electronic resource] ] : government with a cast of thousands / / Edward C. Page and Bill Jenkins |
| Autore | Page Edward |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | xxvi, 214 p |
| Disciplina | 352.3/4 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | JenkinsW. I (William Ieuan) |
| Soggetto topico |
Bureaucracy
Political planning |
| ISBN |
0191515612
9780191515613 1-4237-8685-8 1-280-75594-6 0-19-151561-2 0-19-170011-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910795747903321 |
Page Edward
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| New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Policy bureaucracy : government with a cast of thousands / / Edward C. Page and Bill Jenkins
| Policy bureaucracy : government with a cast of thousands / / Edward C. Page and Bill Jenkins |
| Autore | Page Edward |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | xxvi, 214 p |
| Disciplina | 352.3/4 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | JenkinsW. I (William Ieuan) |
| Soggetto topico |
Bureaucracy
Political planning |
| ISBN |
0191515612
9780191515613 1-4237-8685-8 1-280-75594-6 0-19-151561-2 0-19-170011-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- H -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- 1. Government with a Cast of Thousands -- Policy as a bureaucratic activity -- A cast of thousands -- Patterns of policy bureaucracy -- Structure of the book -- 2. Policy Bureaucrats -- Under the hat -- Beyond the statistics -- Careers in the middle -- Pathways into the service -- Terminus or stepping stone? -- Education and expertise -- Qualifications and expertise -- Specialization and mobility -- Interdepartmental mobility -- Job mobility -- Experience -- Skills and improvised expertise -- Conclusions -- 3. Policy Work -- Views of policy work -- The forms of policy work -- Production -- Maintenance -- Service -- Giving numbers -- Conclusions -- 4. More than Embellishment and Detail: The Impact of Policy Work -- Embellishing strategic policy decisions? -- The bearable lightness of instruction -- Taking the broader view -- Joining things up -- Getting the UK angle -- Human rights -- Europe -- Elaborating policy and detail -- The initiation of policy -- Conclusions -- 5. Discretion, Cues and Authority -- Discretion and responsibility -- Informality -- Dealing with the minister -- The minister -- Private office -- Special advisers -- The role of bureaucratic superiors -- Cues and discretion -- The notion of the 'steer' -- Conclusions -- 6. Controlling Expertise in a Policy Bureaucracy -- Improvised expertise and invited authority -- Looking through different lenses -- The impact of methodology -- Different theoretical perspectives -- The consequences of the trade-off between hierarchy and expertise -- Demand-led authority -- The drawback of improvised expertise -- Policy officials as 'representative' bureaucrats -- Representative bureaucracy and its alternatives -- Representative bureaucracy in the USA.
Other approaches to policy bureaucracy -- The nature of the bureaucratic state -- Appendix: The interviews -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y. |
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| New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005 | ||
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