Private Secretaries to the Prime Minister, 

Название: Private secretaries to the prime minister
ISBN: 1409441806 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781409441809
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
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The importance of the Prime Minister in British foreign policy decision-making has long been accepted by historians. However, whilst much attention has been given to high-level contacts between leaders and to the roles played by the premiers themselves, much less is known about the people advising and influencing them. In providing day-to-day assistance to the Prime Minister, a Private Secretary could wield significant influence in policy outcomes. This book examines the activities of those who advised prime ministers from Winston Churchill (1951-55) to Margaret Thatcher during her first administration (1979-83). Each chapter considers British foreign policy and assesses the influence of the specific advisers. For each office holder, particular attention is paid to a number of key themes. Firstly, their relationship with the Prime Minister is considered. A strong personal relationship of trust and respect could lead to an official wielding much greater influence. This could be especially relevant when an adviser served under two different leaders, often from different political parties. It also helps to shed light on the conduct of foreign policy by each premier. Secondly, the attitudes towards the adviser from the Foreign Office are examined. The Foreign Office traditionally enjoyed great autonomy in the making of British foreign policy and was sensitive to encroachments by Downing Street. Finally, each chapter explores the role of the adviser in the key foreign policy events and discussions of the day. Covering a fascinating 30-year period in post-war British political history, this collection broadens our understanding of the subject, and underlines the different ways influence could be brought to bear on government policy.

Автор: Thomson, Mark A.
Название: The Secretaries of State, 1681-1782.
ISBN: 0367147777 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780367147778
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Цена: 112290.00 T
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Описание: Published in 1968: While giving a lucid account of the functions and difficulties of the office of Principal Secretary, the author shows clearly how the retention of this position was a characteristic example of the English habit of clinging to old forms in political matters long after these forms have ceased to bear any relationship to reality.

Автор: Tate, Nicholas (former Chief Curriculum And Qualifications Adviser To Conservative And Labour Secretaries Of State For Education.)
Название: Conservative case for education
ISBN: 1138055514 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138055513
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The Conservative Case for Education argues that educational thinking in English-speaking countries over the last fifty years has been massively influenced by a dominant liberal ideology based on unchallenged assumptions. Conservative voices pushing against the current of this ideology have been few, but powerful and drawn from across the political spectrum. The book shows how these twentieth-century voices remain highly relevant today, using them to make a conservative case for education.

Written by a former government adviser and head teacher, the book focuses on four of the most powerful of these conservative voices: the poet and social critic T. S. Eliot, the philosopher Michael Oakeshott, the political thinker Hannah Arendt and the educationist E D Hirsch. In the case of each thinker, the book shows how their ideas throw fresh light on contemporary educational issues. These issues range widely across current educational practice and include: creativity, cultural literacy, mindfulness, the place of religion in schools, education for citizenship, the teaching of history and Classics, the authority of the teacher, the arguments for and against a national curriculum, the educational response to cultural diversity, and more. A concluding chapter sums up the conservative case for education in a set of Principles that would be acceptable to many from the Left, as well as the Right of the political spectrum.

The book should be of particular interest to educators and educational policy makers at a time when 'conservative' governments are in power in the UK and the USA, as well as to researchers, academics and postgraduate students engaged in the study of educational policy, or those studying educational issues from an ethical, philosophical and cultural standpoint.

Автор: Thomson, Mark A.
Название: The Secretaries of State, 1681-1782.
ISBN: 0367147807 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780367147808
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Цена: 34700.00 T
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Описание: Published in 1968: While giving a lucid account of the functions and difficulties of the office of Principal Secretary, the author shows clearly how the retention of this position was a characteristic example of the English habit of clinging to old forms in political matters long after these forms have ceased to bear any relationship to reality.

Автор: Mordecai Lee
Название: Nixon`s Super-Secretaries: The Last Grand Presidential Reorganization Effort
ISBN: 1603447385 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781603447386
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Цена: 33270.00 T
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Описание: The Watergate scandal of 1973 claimed many casualties, political and otherwise. Along with many personal reputations and careers, President Richard Nixon's bold attempt to achieve a sweeping reorganization of the domestic portion of the executive branch was also pulled into the vortex. Now, Mordecai Lee examines Nixon's reorganization, finding it notable for two reasons. First, it was sweeping in intent and scope, representing a complete overhaul in the way the president would oversee and implement his domestic agenda. Second, the president instituted the reorganization administratively-by appointment of three "super-secretaries"-without congressional approval. The latter aspect generated ire among some members of Congress, notably Sam Ervin, a previously little-known senator from North Carolina who chaired the Government Operations Committee and, soon after, the Senate's Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities-known to the public as "the Watergate Committee." Asserting that Nixon's reorganization effort represents a significant event in the evolution of the managerial presidency and public administration, Nixon's Super-Secretaries presents the most comprehensive historical narrative to date concerning this reorganization attempt. The author has utilized previously untapped original and primary sources to provide unprecedented detail on the inner workings, intentions, and ultimate demise of Nixon's ambitious plan to reorganize the sprawling federal bureaucracy. MORDECAI LEE is a professor of governmental affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He is the author of Institutionalizing Congress and the Presidency: The U.S. Bureau of Efficiency, 1916-1933 (Texas A&M University Press, 2006), among other titles. His PhD in public administration is from Syracuse University.

Автор: Beesley, Ian
Название: Official history of the cabinet secretaries
ISBN: 1138493481 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138493483
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Цена: 46950.00 T
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Описание: This book is the official history of British Cabinet Secretaries, the most senior civil servant in UK government, from the post-war period up to 2002.

Автор: Beesley, Ian
Название: Official history of the cabinet secretaries
ISBN: 1138188611 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138188617
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Цена: 158230.00 T
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Описание: This book is the official history of British Cabinet Secretaries, the most senior civil servant in UK government, from the post-war period up to 2002.

Автор: James, Simon
Название: Prime Minister and Cabinet Government
ISBN: 1138545945 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138545946
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Описание: Fully revised and updated, this new edition of Simon James`s comprehensible and accessible text provides an excellent insight into the work of the Prime Minister and Cabinet government.

Автор: James, Simon
Название: Prime Minister and Cabinet Government
ISBN: 1138545953 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138545953
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Цена: 38780.00 T
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Описание: Fully revised and updated, this new edition of Simon James`s comprehensible and accessible text provides an excellent insight into the work of the Prime Minister and Cabinet government.