TY - BOOK AU - Rhodes,R.A.W. AU - Carmichael,P. AU - McMillan,J. AU - Massey,A. TI - Decentralizing the civil service: from unitary state differentiated policy in United Kingdom T2 - Public Policy and management SN - 0335212352 U1 - 351.41 PY - 2003/// CY - Buckingham PB - Open University Press KW - Civil service KW - Great Britain KW - Politics and government KW - 1945- N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Introduction -- 2. The differentiated polity -- 3. Northern Ireland -- 4. Scotland -- 5. Wales -- 6. England -- government offices for the regions -- 7. The differentiated polity revisited N2 - "Decentralizing the Civil Service assesses the UK's changing civil services in the wake of two decades of public sector management reforms and New Labour's constitutional reform programme, most notably devolution to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. This assessment has significant implications for how we view governance in the UK."--Jacket ER -