Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
PrefaceChapter One Introduction: The Concept of Policy StyleChapter TwoPolicy Styles in Transition: A Cross-National Move Towards a More Impositional Policy Style?Chapter ThreeThe British Policy Style in Transition: From Governance to Government?Chapter FourGovernment Without Governance: A Difficult and Risky Business?Chapter FiveBrexit and the British Policy Style: Back to Governance?Index
Synopsis
This book revisits and re-defines the policy style concept and explores the long-standing debate in British political science concerning how best to characterise the British policy style. The book highlights several trends that suggest that the British policy style has shifted towards the impositional end of the policy style spectrum, bringing it more in line with the traditional Westminster model of governing. However, these changes also reflect a more frenetic policy style which might increase the number of policy blunders and failures in British Government unless means are found to access and manage the specialist expertise that interest groups possess.