1st Edition

From Policy to Administration Essays in Honour of William A. Robson

Edited By J.A. G. Griffith Copyright 1976
216 Pages
by Routledge

216 Pages
by Routledge

216 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1976, From Policy to Administration is not the conventional Festschrift written by many hands on many unrelated subjects- rather it is a tight collection of essays conceived and written around a unified theme. From one point of view, policy and administration are at two opposite ends of the governmental spectrum; but at the same time both are aspects of almost every single... Read more

Preface 1. The Prime Minister’s Secretaries: Politicians or Administrators? G.W. Jones 2. Reflections on Democracy and Bureaucracy Carl J. Friedrich 3. Participation and the Future of Government Bernard Crick 4. Rational Decentralisation Peter Self 5. The Problems of Devolution-the Scottish Case John P. Mackintosh 6. Instrumental Participation and Urban Government L. J. Sharpe 7. The Public Corporation: Allocative Efficiency and X-Efficiency C. D. Foster 8. Administrative Law and Policy Effectiveness J.D. B. Mitchell 9. Justice and Administrative Law Revisited J.A. G. Griffith

Biography

J.A. G. Griffith