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Due Process and Rectitude: US and British civil service reforms contrasted

Due Process and Rectitude: US and British civil service reforms contrasted Due Process and Rectitude: US and British civil service reforms contrasted Andrew Massey, University ofPortsmouth Introduction In the federal system of the US, sovereignty is vested in the people, whilst in the UK it is found formally with the Crown-in-Parliament and for all practical purposes within the executive. In the two countries the nature of bureaucratic accountability is very different. The US relies upon the legal and concept oversight of due process., combined with a powerful a legislature confronting fragmented federal executive. In the UK the civil service is indirectly accountable to Parliament via Ministerial and responsibility directly responsible to Ministers in a way unthinkable in the US. This article explores these issues by examining the background to the British and American approaches to civil service reform and the dynamic afforded by the New Right in power. Bureaucrats and accountability through reform Various lists and phrases have been coined to try to encapsulate the reforms of the central bureaucracies. Only one word is needed however; that word is 'control'. The is purpose of the reforms control of the central bureaucracy; control over its numbers, its power, its ability to resist political control, its responsiveness to and its influence The http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Public Policy and Administration SAGE

Due Process and Rectitude: US and British civil service reforms contrasted

Massey, Andrew
Public Policy and Administration , Volume 7 (3): 9 – Jul 1, 1992
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Due Process and Rectitude: US and British civil service reforms contrasted Andrew Massey, University ofPortsmouth Introduction In the federal system of the US, sovereignty is vested in the people, whilst in the UK it is found formally with the Crown-in-Parliament and for all practical purposes within the executive. In the two countries the nature of bureaucratic accountability is very different. The US relies upon the legal and concept oversight of due process., combined with a powerful a legislature confronting fragmented federal executive. In the UK the civil service is indirectly accountable to Parliament via Ministerial and responsibility directly responsible to Ministers in a way unthinkable in the US. This article explores these issues by examining the background to the British and American approaches to civil service reform and the dynamic afforded by the New Right in power. Bureaucrats and accountability through reform Various lists and phrases have been coined to try to encapsulate the reforms of the central bureaucracies. Only one word is needed however; that word is 'control'. The is purpose of the reforms control of the central bureaucracy; control over its numbers, its power, its ability to resist political control, its responsiveness to and its influence The

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Published: Jul 1, 1992

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