William Armstrong and British policy making / Kevin Theakston, Philip Connelly.
2018
DA566.9.A7678
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Title
William Armstrong and British policy making / Kevin Theakston, Philip Connelly.
ISBN
9781137571595 (electronic book)
1137571594 (electronic book)
1137571586
9781137571588
1137571594 (electronic book)
1137571586
9781137571588
Published
London : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]
Copyright
©2018
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (299 pages).
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DA566.9.A7678
Dewey Decimal Classification
941.085092
Summary
This book offers a detailed account of the life and career of William Armstrong, the most influential civil servant in Britain in the 1960s and 1970s, and one of the most powerful and significant Whitehall officials in the post-1945 period. He was at the centre of the British government policy-making machine for over 30 years - the very incarnation of the 'permanent government' of the country. He was the indispensable figure at the right hand of successive Chancellors of the Exchequer, and a reforming Head of the Civil Service. His role and power was such that he was controversially dubbed 'deputy prime minister' under Edward Heath. The book also casts light on wider institutional, political and historical issues around the working and reform of the civil service and the government machine, the policy-making process, and the experience in office of Labour and Conservative governments from the 1940s to the 1970s. Kevin Theakston is Professor of British Government at the University of Leeds, UK, and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He has published 12 previous books, including The Labour Party and Whitehall (1992), The Civil Service Since 1945 (1995), Leadership in Whitehall (1999), and After Number 10: Former Prime Ministers in British Politics (2010). Philip Connelly spent 18 years with BP, where he held senior appointments in government relations, policy planning and corporate affairs. He was also a Deputy Director of the CBI and UK Director of the British-North American Committee. He published two previous books, The Politi cs of Scarcity: Resource Conflicts in International Relations (co-author, 1975) and Dealing with Whitehall (1992). ont-size: 14.0px;">.
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Connelly, Philip, author.
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Understanding governance.
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Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. William Armstrong: family background and education
Chapter 3. Climbing the Whitehall ladder
Chapter 4. Head of the Treasury 1962-68
Chapter 5. Head of the Home Civil Service 1968-74
Chapter 6. 'Deputy Prime Minister' under Heath
Chapter 7. The Midland Bank years
Chapter 8. William Armstrong: an assessment.
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. William Armstrong: family background and education
Chapter 3. Climbing the Whitehall ladder
Chapter 4. Head of the Treasury 1962-68
Chapter 5. Head of the Home Civil Service 1968-74
Chapter 6. 'Deputy Prime Minister' under Heath
Chapter 7. The Midland Bank years
Chapter 8. William Armstrong: an assessment.