{"product_id":"the-civil-service-today-isbn-9780631181729","title":"The Civil Service Today","description":"In this revised and enlarged edition of their established textbook, Gavin Drewry and Tony Butcher bring their wide-ranging, critical survey of the Britsh civil service fully up-to-date, concluding with an examination of the nature and significance of the 'Next Steps' programme which is currently transforming the structure and management of the civil service.  Contents. \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrologue: Some Crises of the 1980s.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Charting the Territory.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. How Things Came to Be.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Some Facts and Figures.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. The Universal Department.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Recruitment and Training.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Conditions of Service.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. The Working Context.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Ministers and Civil Servants.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. The Public Face of Private Government.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Slimmer and Fitter: the Quest for Efficiency and Effectiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. The Civil Service at the Crossroads?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. The 'Next Steps' Programme.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelect Bibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e  \"Drewry and Butcher have written an invaluable guide to the civil service ... Teachers will be profoundly grateful for the thorough descriptive heart of the book.\" \u003ci\u003eParliamentary Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"An excellent textbook.\" \u003ci\u003ePublic Administration\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"An up-to-date textbook (which) provides a commentary of recent developments, and on the issues arising from them, that is balanced, acute and succinct.\" \u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003eGavin Drewry\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Public Administration in the Department of Social Policy, Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, London. \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTony Butcher\u003c\/b\u003e is Lecturer in Government in the Department of Social Science and Administration, Goldsmith's College, London.\u003c\/p\u003e In this revised and enlarged edition of their established textbook, Gavin Drewry and Tony Butcher bring their wide-ranging, critical survey of the British civil service fully up-to-date, concluding with an examination of the nature and significance of the \"Next Steps\" programme which is currently transforming the structure and management of the civil service.","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990187950309,"sku":"NP9780631181729","price":43.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780631181729.jpg?v=1761786842","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-civil-service-today-isbn-9780631181729","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}