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MEANINGS OF THE TERM "RESPONSIBILITY" AS APPLIED TO PUBLIC OFFICIALS ARE CONSIDERED. VARIOUS TYPES OF RESPONSIBILITY ARE SUGGESTED. DRAWING MAINLY ON BRITISH EXPERIENCE BUT WITH OTHER EUROPEAN EXAMPLES. IN MOST COUNTRIES, IT IS NOTED. THERE IS A MIXTURE OF DOCTRINES, PRACTICES, AND BELIEFS. FOCUS IS PLACED NOT ON LEGAL PROVISIONS BUT ON A DESCRIPTION OF THE PRINCIPLES INVOLVED.

IT IS ARGUED THAT THERE ARE PRACTICAL FORMS OF COMPARISON WHICH THE POLITICAL SECIENTIST CAN USE WHEN IN A LESS THAN SCIENTIFIC MOOD AND THAT USEFUL ENDS CAN BE SERVED BY SUCH PRACTICAL ACTIVITY. THE NEED FR DIVERSION OF SOME ENERGIES INTO SIMPLE, THEORETICALLY SIMPLE-MINDED COMPARATIVE STUDIES, PRACTICALLY ORIENTED IS SUGGESTED.

THIS ARTICLE EXAMINES THE CURRENT TERMINOLOGY AND ITS IMPLICATIONS, AND ADVANCES ARGUMENTS FOR A PARTICULAR WAY OF LOOKING AT INSTITUTIONS AND AN INSTITUTIONAL APPROACH TO POLITICAL SCIENCE. INSTITUTIONS ARE OFTEN STUDIED AS IF THEY WERE A FORM OF PRACTICE. THE SUGGESTION HERE IS TO SEE THEM AS CONSTRUCTS WITH A PURPOSE, IDEAS ABOUT GOVERNMENT TRANSLATED INTO FORMAL ARRANGEMENTS.

THE INTENT OF THIS ARTICLE IS TO RUN THROUGH THE WAYS IN WHICH THE BRITISH SO-CALLED CONSTITUTION ALLOWS THOSE IN POWER TO MANIPULATE ELECTIONS AND INFLUENCE VOTERS IN ORDER TO REMAIN IN POWER. ITS PURPOSE IS TO SHOW THAT SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE RATHER THAN TO PRESCRIBE WHAT IT SHOULD BE. IT CONCLUDES THAT IT SEEMS UNLIKELY THAT THE BRITISH WILL GET AN IRON-RULED CONVICTION-SOCIALIST GOVERNMENT IN THE NEAR FUTURE, BUT A SYSTEM OF CONSTITUTIONAL CHECKS MIGHT SENSIBLY BE SUPPORTED BY ALL DEMOCRATS AS AN INSURANCE AGAINST WHATEVER POLITICIANS IN THE FUTURE MAY BRING TO POWER.

A description of the way in which the French educ'al system is admin'ed (the Ministry of Educ with its central & external service, the Sch's & instit's of higher educ). The structure & functions of the Ministry for Cultural Affairs are also described. The great increase in the powers of gov under the Vth Republic has opened the floodgates to reform in the fields of educ & cultural affairs. These developments provide an interesting opportunity to study the interrelation between problems of admin'ive reorg & problems of educ'al reform in the wider sense. AA.

The problems of inflation, unemployment and economic stagnation are shared by all industrialised countries, but government response to them varies from state to state. This book, originally published in 1984, examines the effect of the recession of the 1980s on policy-making and policy content in Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Sweden. The author identifies the particular problems that face each country and explains why certain policies were adopted and how recession influenced policy-making. Through comparative analysis, the book shows how each government's policy-making processes responded to the economic and social pressures created by a crisis in the world economy

Originally published in 1975, this book advocates a certain approach to the study of government: the focus should be institutional, the method comparative and the level practical. The book divides into 2 sections on political science and public administration but the themes are common, as is much of the subject matter. Chapters on the institutional and comparative approach are intended to show how political institutions are often designed to reflect political theories, how institutional engineering may take place and how lessons for domestic reform may be learnt from foreign experience. The second section looks at the state of public administration studies in Britain, the nature of the subject, drawing on the work of earlier theorists, the role of the universities and the civic contribution such study can make