Book Reviews : Decision Making in British Education Systems Units 1-4 Educational Studies: A Second Level Course (E 221) of the Open University. Unit 1 "Introduction to Decision Making in Education by Vincent Houghton Unit 2 "Central Government of Education 1 - Policy Formation, by Gerald Fowler Unit 3 "Central Government of Education 2 - Policy, Finance and Management", by Gerald Fowler Unit 4 "United Kingdom?" by Robert Bell, Malcom MacKenzie and Jennifer Ozga

1974 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-66
Author(s):  
Toby Weaver
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Policy Formation ◽  
Open University ◽  
Education Systems ◽  
British Education ◽  
Educational Studies

From Prime Ministerial Power to Core Executive

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. A. W. Rhodes
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Prime Minister ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Government Policies ◽  
Approaches To Studying ◽  
The Core ◽  
Executive Politics ◽  
Core Executive ◽  
The Government ◽  
Different Parts

The core executive is a new concept replacing the conventional debate about the power of the prime minister and the Cabinet. It refers to all those organizations and procedures that coordinate central government policies, and act as final arbiters of conflict between different parts of the government machine. In brief, the ‘core executive’ is the heart of the machine. The chapter reviews the several approaches to studying the British executive: prime ministerial government; prime ministerial cliques; Cabinet government; ministerial government; segmented decision-making; and bureaucratic coordination. It then discusses several ways forward by developing new theory and methods. The Afterword discusses the core executive as interlocking networks, and the fluctuating patterns of executive politics.

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