Preface Acknowledgements Part I: Background 1. The Century of Northcote- Trevelyan 2. The Sixties: A Decade of Doubt 3. ‘Enlightened Amateurs’ 4. Specialist and Professional Civil Servants 5. The Political Environment Part II: Theory 6. People and Organization 7. Decisions 8. Administration and Politics: A Model 9. Administration and Politics: An Illustration Part III: Problems 10. The Machinery of Government 11. Management 12. Planning 13. The Generalist in Public Administration 14. Morale in the Civil Service 15. Epilogue Appendix I Appendix II Appendix III Bibliography Index
Biography
R. G. S. Brown
Original Reviews at the time of first publication of the book:
‘This is the best book about British central government to appear for a long time…Both in pointing out how much we do not know, and in suggesting how we might think more constructively about what we do, this lucid and important work takes an important step further.’
---William Plowden, New Society
