CENTRAL GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND THE POLICY PROCESS

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: SMITH, MJ; MARSH, D; RICHARDS, D
• 署名单位: University of Strathclyde
• 刊物名称: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0033-3298
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9299.1993.tb00992.x
• 发表日期: 1993
• 页码: 567-594
• 关键词: controlling public-expenditure; cabinet office; management; state; uk

摘要

Government departments are central organizations in the development of public policy. Yet there is very little literature on the political role of departments, their internal relationships and their relationships with other departments and other government actors and institutions. This article reviews the extant literature on government departments. It argues that much of the existing research has either focused on the role of the Prime Minister or it has been institutional and static, providing an analysis of the administration and organization of departments rather than political interactions. The article therefore provides an alternative research agenda which stresses the need to examine the relationships and networks that exist within and between departments and how departments react to events and interests in the outside world.