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THATCHER, REAGAN AND MULRONEY
IN SEARCH OF A NEW BUREAUCRACY |
| By: |
Donald J. Savoie |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£49.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0822955199 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780822955191 |
| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
28 January, 1994 |
| Series: |
Pitt Series in Policy & Institutional Studies |
| Pages: |
416 |
| Description: |
This work considers the war of bureaucratic reform waged by the leaders of Great Britain, the US and Canada. It questions whether government is now better in these countries and whether the leadership was right in focusing on management of bureaucracy as the villain. |
| Synopsis: |
This work suggests that the 1980s were an especially tumultuous decade for the bureaucracies of Great Britain, the United States and Canada. Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan and Brian Mulroney came to office convinced that the bureaucracies of their countries were massively flawed: in addition to exerting too much influence over policy, they were inefficient, resistant to change and responsible for many economic woes. Savoie, a writer, scholar and a senior administrator in the Canadian government, considers the war of reform waged by the leaders of these major industrialised countries. Reagan declared that he had come to Washington "to drain the swamp" of bureaucracy; he set up the Grace Commission to investigate the operation of the US government. Thatcher and Mulroney were equally committed to reform and initiated wide-ranging changes. By the end of the decade, the changes were dramatic. Many government operations had been privatised in all three countries, and new management techniques had been introduced. In Great Britain, one observer judged that the changes were historically as important as the collapse of Keynesian economics.This book asks: is government now better in these three countries, and was the political leadership right in focusing on management of the bureaucracy as the villain? Professor Savoie suggests that the reforms overlooked problems now urgently requiring attention and, at the same time, attempted to address non-existent problems. His viewpoint combines theory and practice, and should appeal to scholars, students and practitioners. His research is based, in part, on interviews with 62 officials, almost all in the executive branch, of the governments of Great Britain, the United States and Canada. |
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US |
| Imprint: |
University of Pittsburgh Press |
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