From ménage à trois back to pas de deux? Ministerial advisers, civil servants and the contest of policy ideas
The institutionalization of the role of ministerial advisers in most parliamentary democracies has transformed what was once à pas de deux between ministers and senior civil servants into a ménage à trois. This article assesses the impact of ministerial advisers on the contest of policy ideas. It ma...
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openedition-oai:revues.org:irpp_1502 https://doi.org/10.4000/irpp.1502 urn:doi:10.4000/irpp.1502 en https://journals.openedition.org/irpp/1502 2020-12-15T01:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/h5h8 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ From ménage à trois back to pas de deux? Ministerial advisers, civil servants and the contest of policy ideas International Review of Public Policy International Public Policy Association info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2706-6274 info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2679-3873 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/irpp Shaw, Richard Eichbaum, Chris politicization ministerial advisers political advisers political staff core executive contestability responsive competence neutral competence The institutionalization of the role of ministerial advisers in most parliamentary democracies has transformed what was once à pas de deux between ministers and senior civil servants into a ménage à trois. This article assesses the impact of ministerial advisers on the contest of policy ideas. It makes a theoretical case for paying closer attention to this issue than has thus far been the case, and assesses civil servants’ perceptions of advisers’ influence on contestability. The core conclusion, which is at variance with much of the scholarship on ministerial advisers, is that advisers pose a greater threat to policy contestability than to civil service impartiality. |
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The institutionalization of the role of ministerial advisers in most parliamentary democracies has transformed what was once à pas de deux between ministers and senior civil servants into a ménage à trois. This article assesses the impact of ministerial advisers on the contest of policy ideas. It makes a theoretical case for paying closer attention to this issue than has thus far been the case, and assesses civil servants’ perceptions of advisers’ influence on contestability. The core conclusion, which is at variance with much of the scholarship on ministerial advisers, is that advisers pose a greater threat to policy contestability than to civil service impartiality. |
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Shaw, Richard Eichbaum, Chris |
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From ménage à trois back to pas de deux? Ministerial advisers, civil servants and the contest of policy ideas |
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From ménage à trois back to pas de deux? Ministerial advisers, civil servants and the contest of policy ideas |
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From ménage à trois back to pas de deux? Ministerial advisers, civil servants and the contest of policy ideas |
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From ménage à trois back to pas de deux? Ministerial advisers, civil servants and the contest of policy ideas |
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From ménage à trois back to pas de deux? Ministerial advisers, civil servants and the contest of policy ideas |
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from ménage à trois back to pas de deux? ministerial advisers, civil servants and the contest of policy ideas |
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International Review of Public Policy |
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