EUROPEANIZATION, WHITEHALL CULTURE AND THE TREASURY AS INSTITUTIONAL VETO PLAYER: A CONSTRUCTIVIST APPROACH TO ECONOMIC AND MONETARY UNION
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This article examines Europeanization in Whitehall, using EMU as a case study. It argues that how the EMU policy community has developed within Whitehall, and its outcomes, cannot be captured using a narrow, rationalist game-theoretic framework. Although strategic behaviour is important, as Dyson and Featherstone (1999) argue, the primary question is how Whitehall players have defined British interests, formed a collective identity and given a specific meaning to the EMU game. The article applies a cultural approach to Whitehall, focusing on the macro structures of belief within which EMU policy is made.
Publication Name: Public Administration
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 0033-3298
Year: 2000
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REGIONAL OFFICES IN THE NEW NHS: AN ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF RECENT CHANGES
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There is a need for regional offices in the UK's National Health Service. There is a balance between control and complete autonomy with the presence of regional offices and officers. A lack of communication and a lack of organization could also develop if too many layers of command are removed.
Publication Name: Public Administration
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 0033-3298
Year: 1999
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