List of Contributors
List of Tables
List of Figures
Introducing the Core Executive; R.A.W. Rhodes
PART 1: SURVEYING THE FIELD
From Prime Ministerial Power to Core Executive; R.A.W. Rhodes
Central Government Departments and the Policy Process; M. Smith, D. Marsh & D. Richards
PART 2: INTERPRETING HISTORY
Relations Between Prime Minister and Cabinet: From Wilson to Thatcher; S. James
The Downfall of Margaret Thatcher; G.W. Jones
Interpreting the Fall of Margaret Thatcher: Power-dependence and the Core Executive; M.J. Smith
The Cabinet Office and Co-ordination of 1979-87; A. Seldon
The Ethos of the Cabinet Office: A Comment on the Testimony of Officials; M. Lee
Ministerial Responsibility and the Theory of the British State; A. Beattie
PART 3: EMPIRICAL STUDIES
Reinterpreting the Westland Affair: Theories of the State and Core Executive Decision Making; P. Dunleavy
Core Executive Decision Making on High Technology Issues: The Case of the Alvey Report; L. Keliher
Joining the ERM: Analysing a Core Executive Policy Disaster; H. Thompson
Leaders, Politics and Institutional Change: The Decline of Prime Ministerial Accountability to the House of Commons, 1868-1990; P. Dunleavy & G.W. Jones with J. Burnham, R. Elgie & P. Fysh
Estimating the Distribution of Influence in Cabinet Committees under Major; P. Dunleavy
Guide to Further Reading; R.A.W. Rhodes
References Author
Index
Subject Index.