Rejuvenating the Cabinet: The Record of Post-war British Prime Ministers Compared
In: Political studies: the journal of the Political Studies Association of the United Kingdom, Band 34, Heft 4, S. 639-646
ISSN: 1467-9248
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In: Political studies: the journal of the Political Studies Association of the United Kingdom, Band 34, Heft 4, S. 639-646
ISSN: 1467-9248
In: Political studies, Band 34, Heft 4, S. 639
ISSN: 0032-3217
In: Political studies, Band 34, S. 639-646
ISSN: 0032-3217
Effect of ministerial reshuffles on the average age of cabinet officers.
In: Parliamentary affairs: a journal of representative politics, Band 38, S. 387-408
ISSN: 0031-2290
Great Britain.
In: Parliamentary affairs: a journal of representative politics, Band 38, Heft 4, S. 387
ISSN: 0031-2290
In: Political studies: the journal of the Political Studies Association of the United Kingdom, Band 29, Heft 3, S. 425-430
ISSN: 1467-9248
In: British journal of political science, Band 9, S. 41-65
ISSN: 0007-1234
In: British journal of political science, Band 9, Heft 1, S. 41-65
ISSN: 1469-2112
The relationship between ministers and the senior civil servants with whom they are in closest contact has long fascinated students of British government. For all the attention lavished on it, however, the relationship remains obstinately elusive and unsusceptible to clear categorization and analysis. The problem is partly one of finding a suitable frame of reference. Despite their well-established limitations, the Weberian model of an instrumental bureaucracy and the closely-related 'politics-administration dichotomy' still loom surprisingly large in academic analyses of bureaucratic behaviour. But the attempt to specify roles appropriate to civil servants, on the one hand, or ministers, on the other, runs the risk either of proving inadequate in face of the empirical evidence or of leading to the conclusion that one of the groups – usually the civil servants – is usurping the other's role or roles. Elements of the latter can be seen in the concern evinced in recent years about the power of civil servantsvis-à-visministers in Britain. (Discussion of minister-civil servant relationships has, indeed, been almost entirely confined to aspects of power – particularly that of the minister's ability to get his way on policy.)
In: Parliamentary affairs: a journal of comparative politics, Band 28, Heft 1975jun, S. 386-404
ISSN: 1460-2482
In: Parliamentary affairs: a journal of representative politics, Band 28, S. 386-404
ISSN: 0031-2290
In: Political studies: the journal of the Political Studies Association of the United Kingdom, Band 14, Heft 2, S. 199-208
ISSN: 1467-9248
In: Journal of biosocial science: JBS, Band 27, Heft 1, S. 79-94
ISSN: 1469-7599
SummaryEstimates of fertility in Protestant Barra and Catholic Harris, islands in the Outer Hebrides, over the period 1856–1985, show that in both islands fertility declined, although marital fertility was generally greater than in Scotland as a whole, and illegitimate fertility was less. However, in Barra during 1966–75 there were pronounced rises in all the indices; illegitimate fertility showed the smallest rise. The publication of the papal encyclical Humanae Vitae may have played a part in this change in fertility, although other, probably local, factors must have been acting, as the first rise in numbers of births occurred before the publication of the encyclical. Other than this transient rise, the religious difference between Harris and Barra had little effect on changes in fertility over the whole period.Indices of proportions married showed declines until after World War 2, followed by steep increases. The marked decline in fertility in both islands may be due in part to this low nuptiality. In addition, a trend of occupation away from traditional crofting and fishing towards more skilled mercantile and professional employment may have played a role.
In: Journal of biosocial science: JBS, Band 26, Heft 1, S. 97-106
ISSN: 1469-7599
SummaryNeonatal death (mainly due to tetanus) was common in St Kilda until 1891. Two aspects of this phenomenon are studied; factors which pre-dicted death, and the impact of neonatal death on family building. Maternal age appeared to be a predictive factor for death of the first child, but only in children of high birth order were other factors, particularly the number of previous neonatal deaths, important. The first birth interval appeared to be determined mainly by the date of the first birth, independent of neonatal mortality levels. For later intervals, the neonatal death of the previous child appeared to be the main determining factor.
In: Water and environment journal, Band 6, Heft 1, S. 20-26
ISSN: 1747-6593
ABSTRACTThe River Sheaf Comprehensive Flood‐Alleviation Scheme is a flood‐defence scheme promoted by the Yorkshire Region of the National Rivers Authority. The scheme will improve 5.2 km of main river from a 1‐in‐5 year standard to a 1‐in‐50 standard at an overall cost of £3.1 million over the next four years. The hydrological, hydraulic and benefit/cost analyses have been carried out by the National Rivers Authority. Balfour Maunsell were commissioned to carry out the detailed structural design, prepare and administer contracts and supervise construction. The paper covers the preliminary design work and the detailed design of Phase I of the scheme.
In: Journal of biosocial science: JBS, Band 30, Heft 1, S. 43-62
ISSN: 1469-7599
Some factors affecting marital distances have been studied in two Outer Hebridean islands, Harris (843 marriages) and Barra (444 marriages), over the period 1855-1990. In each island marital distances fell before 1900, but then rose to their greatest values after the 1950s. Fishermen generally married at the shortest distances and men in land-based occupations at the longest. The depression in the fishing industry during the 1880s and early 1890s was associated with reductions in marital distances, especially among fishermen. In the different regions of Harris, marital distances were least in the south-east, where settlement was most dense, and greatest in the south-west where it was most sparse.When the association between marital frequencies and inter-settlement distances was studied, it was found that for Harris there was, overall, a trend to endogamous and short-distance marriage. However, this trend was only slight during 1955-90. For Barra a similar trend was found before 1955, but thereafter there appeared to be virtually no connection between marital frequency and inter-settlement distance. Thus the only constraint on marriage was the spatial distribution of settlements. In this situation the chances of random mating with respect to distance are maximised.Application of 'Central Place' theory suggested that only since 1946 can any tendency be detected to regard Tarbert in Harris or Castlebay in Barra as Central Places, at least as far as marriage is concerned. In each island the tendency appears to be limited to the settlements closest to the Central Place.