CARMICHAEL, Paul
The Northern Ireland civil service : characteristics and trends since 1970 - 2002
This paper offers a summary of research on the Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS) that has been undertaken as part of an ESRC-supported project examining the changing nature of civil services throughout the British Isles. Not since Gladde's seminal work in 1967 have studies of the British civil Service offered sufficient coverage of the long-existing variations within the UK. The weaknesses in coverage are particularly visible with respect to the Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS), which is accorded either footnote status in most work or even ignored altogether. A compelling case for closing the gap in the literature is underscored by the political devolution that was introduced after 1998. Far from being the unitary state associated with figure the contradictrory impuses of centralization and fragmentation. In illustrasting `parity with particularity', the civil service arrangements obtaining within the Province of Northern Ireland clearly exemplify the differenland and Wales, with associated pressure for more distinctive and even separate civil arrangements in each, Northern Ireland's experience offers valuable lessons on how the UK civil service may develop in Scotland and Wales
The Northern Ireland civil service : characteristics and trends since 1970 - 2002
This paper offers a summary of research on the Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS) that has been undertaken as part of an ESRC-supported project examining the changing nature of civil services throughout the British Isles. Not since Gladde's seminal work in 1967 have studies of the British civil Service offered sufficient coverage of the long-existing variations within the UK. The weaknesses in coverage are particularly visible with respect to the Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS), which is accorded either footnote status in most work or even ignored altogether. A compelling case for closing the gap in the literature is underscored by the political devolution that was introduced after 1998. Far from being the unitary state associated with figure the contradictrory impuses of centralization and fragmentation. In illustrasting `parity with particularity', the civil service arrangements obtaining within the Province of Northern Ireland clearly exemplify the differenland and Wales, with associated pressure for more distinctive and even separate civil arrangements in each, Northern Ireland's experience offers valuable lessons on how the UK civil service may develop in Scotland and Wales
