Add to ORKGSpecial Advisers are a now a fixture of British government, with “SpAds” patrolling the political space in between Ministers and the Civil Service, offering the kind of policy and political advice which “Sir Humphreys” don’t feel inclined or able to offer. Drawing on research from New Zealand, Richard Shaw and Chris Eichbaum show that little research has been carried out into why Ministers opt to have Special Advisers, while arguing that it is as likely that SpAds are recruited for their specific policy expertise as they are for their partisan viewpoint and connections
A recurrent theme in the literature on advisory groups is the belief that think tanks, policy-planni...
The civil service is meant to be independent, serving the government of the day as it would a govern...
Whoever the individual office holder, the Prime Minister is always the countries pre-eminent leader,...
While the position of special advisers (SpAds) in British government has become routinised, above al...
This paper examines how opinion-shaping political and civil service stakeholders view the role and c...
Viewers of The Thick of It will know of special advisers as spin doctors and political careerists. S...
Ministers increasingly rely on advisers for support and advice. In many countries, these political a...
peer-reviewedMinisterial advisers were first formally appointed as support for individual Irish min...
The institutionalization of the role of ministerial advisers in most parliamentary democracies has t...
© 1993 Ann PolisMinisterial advisers were a noticeable feature of the Victorian Labor government fro...
Some Wellington policy advisers seem to feel under-employed these days. Although the volume of work ...
One of the many issues involving the functioning of UK democracy raised by the phone hacking/police ...
On Friday, the Defence Secretary Liam Fox was forced to resign after questions were raised concernin...
In 2015 the Conservative government has approved the creation of five Extended Ministerial Offices (...
While in many Western-European countries the ascend of political advisers or special advisers is a r...
A recurrent theme in the literature on advisory groups is the belief that think tanks, policy-planni...
The civil service is meant to be independent, serving the government of the day as it would a govern...
Whoever the individual office holder, the Prime Minister is always the countries pre-eminent leader,...
While the position of special advisers (SpAds) in British government has become routinised, above al...
This paper examines how opinion-shaping political and civil service stakeholders view the role and c...
Viewers of The Thick of It will know of special advisers as spin doctors and political careerists. S...
Ministers increasingly rely on advisers for support and advice. In many countries, these political a...
peer-reviewedMinisterial advisers were first formally appointed as support for individual Irish min...
The institutionalization of the role of ministerial advisers in most parliamentary democracies has t...
© 1993 Ann PolisMinisterial advisers were a noticeable feature of the Victorian Labor government fro...
Some Wellington policy advisers seem to feel under-employed these days. Although the volume of work ...
One of the many issues involving the functioning of UK democracy raised by the phone hacking/police ...
On Friday, the Defence Secretary Liam Fox was forced to resign after questions were raised concernin...
In 2015 the Conservative government has approved the creation of five Extended Ministerial Offices (...
While in many Western-European countries the ascend of political advisers or special advisers is a r...
A recurrent theme in the literature on advisory groups is the belief that think tanks, policy-planni...
The civil service is meant to be independent, serving the government of the day as it would a govern...
Whoever the individual office holder, the Prime Minister is always the countries pre-eminent leader,...