The Civil Service Today

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.

Gavin Drewry is Professor of Public Administration in the Department of Social Policy, Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, London.

Tony Butcher is Lecturer in Government in the Department of Social Science and Administration, Goldsmith's College, London.

Acknowledgements
Prologue: Some Crises of the 1980s
Charting the Territory
How Things Came to Be
Some Facts and Figures
The Universal Department
Recruitment and Training
Conditions of Service
The Working Context
Ministers and Civil Servants
The Public Face of Private Government
Slimmer and Fitter: the Quest for Efficiency and Effectiveness
The Civil Service at the Crossroads?
The 'Next Steps' Programme
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index
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