"Published in association with the ESRC Whitehall Programme."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 256-273) and index
Foreword / R. A. W. Rhodes -- 1. Introducing the Core Executive -- 2. Analysing the Core Executive -- 3. The Core Executive in Historical Perspective -- 4. The Core of the Core: Relations between the Prime Minister and the Cabinet -- 5. Ministers, Civil Servants and Departments: the Core Executive and Policy-Making -- 6. Coordinating the Core Executive: the Cabinet Office, the Prime Minister's Office and the Treasury -- 7. Reforming the Core Executive -- 8. Domestic and International Constraints on the Core Executive -- 9. Constitution, State and Core Executive