This authoritative text examines the arrangements at the centre of Whitehall for advising the British prime minister and Cabinet, especially during the Thatcher and Major governments. The traditional coordinating centre has shifted from the Treasury to the Prime Minister's Office and the Chief Whip's Office in Downing Street, and to the Cabinet Office in Whitehall. Exploration of the separate but interlinking contributions made by these three parts of the centre shows they form a flexible but not entirely adequate support for modern government.
- ISBN13 9780312177300
- Publish Date 11 June 1998 (first published 22 April 1998)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition 1998 ed.
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 299
- Language English