CARMICHAEL, Paul
Northern Ireland public administration in transition : an analysis of the civil service - 2002
Traditionally, studies of British government have rested on the "Westminster model" in which the United Kingdom is a unitary state. Increasingly, however, the model, has been developed and seeks to reflect the longstanding diversity that has characterized the institutions of British governance. One are of public administration that illustrates this variation in the civil service. The recent process of political devolution in the United Kingdom is already encouraging pressure for even greater distinctiveness and possibly separate civil service arrangements in Scotland and Wales. With particularly distinct governmental arrangements but still whitin the British mold. Northern Ireland offers both a vivid illustration of the differentiated polity model and a valuable indicator of how separate civil services might unfold else-where in the United Kingdom
Northern Ireland public administration in transition : an analysis of the civil service - 2002
Traditionally, studies of British government have rested on the "Westminster model" in which the United Kingdom is a unitary state. Increasingly, however, the model, has been developed and seeks to reflect the longstanding diversity that has characterized the institutions of British governance. One are of public administration that illustrates this variation in the civil service. The recent process of political devolution in the United Kingdom is already encouraging pressure for even greater distinctiveness and possibly separate civil service arrangements in Scotland and Wales. With particularly distinct governmental arrangements but still whitin the British mold. Northern Ireland offers both a vivid illustration of the differentiated polity model and a valuable indicator of how separate civil services might unfold else-where in the United Kingdom
