ABSTRACT

Originally published in 1969, this book discusses specific issues in the rise of a ‘constitutional bureaucracy’ as a counter-part to constitutional monarchy. These issues, including patronage, ministerial power and responsibility and the ‘grey-eminence’ myth are set against the relationship among legislation and administration, Treasury control and the relevance of public administration to our conception of public accountability and ‘representative bureaucracy.’

chapter |6 pages

Introduction

chapter Chapter I|29 pages

The Origins of The Permanent Civil Service, 1780-1830

chapter Chapter II|30 pages

The Decline of Patronage

chapter Chapter IV|28 pages

Ministers in Their Departments

chapter Chapter V|26 pages

The Permanent Officials

chapter Chapter VI|25 pages

Law and Administration

chapter Chapter VII|28 pages

The Minister's Powers

chapter Chapter VIII|45 pages

Some Departments and Treasury Control

chapter Chapter IX|26 pages

The Nineteenth-Century Revolution In Government

chapter Chapter X|33 pages

Our Present Discontents