In turbulent environments and unstable political contexts, policy advisory systems have
become more volatile. The policy advisory system in Anglophone countries is composed of …

Research Highlights and Abstract The main contribution of this article is that it: Introduces a
distinction between different pathways for junior partner influence on the foreign policy of …

This paper contends that since 2010 in the UK, there has been an unprecedented attempt to
disrupt the traditional civil service 'monopoly'over policy advice, outsourcing policy-making …

By the early 1990s, the core executive was established as the 'new orthodoxy'in the study of
British government at the centre. Thirty years on, this article avers that its main assumptions …

This article applies Aucoin's paradigm of New Political Governance derived from the
comparative literature on Westminster systems to review changes in the UK machinery of …

Despite the significant attention devoted to their birth and death, the day-to-day operation of
coalition government remains understudied. This article addresses this lacuna and sheds …

This chapter focuses on the 'backstage'politics of decision-making in élite networks, rather
than the more common focus on the 'front stage'politics in the media spotlight. Court politics …

I am fortunate to have spent more than three-and-a-half years as a special adviser in the first
Coalition Government for 65 years. What follows is an attempt to explain the job, based upon …

The type of government, whether the cabinet is a single-party majority, multiparty coalition,
minority, or oversized, is often claimed to be one important factor affecting the shape of …

This chapter's purpose is to examine how far Whitehall has been captured by the ethos of
the 'permanent campaign'. The concept of the 'permanent campaign'is centred on the idea …