At the Centre of Whitehall

by J.M. Lee, June Burnham, G.W. Jones

This authoritative text examines the arrangements at the centre of Whitehall for advising the British prime minister and Cabinet, especially during the Thatcher and Major governments. The traditional coordinating centre has shifted from the Treasury to the Prime Minister's Office and the Chief Whip's Office in Downing Street, and to the Cabinet Office in Whitehall. Exploration of the separate but interlinking contributions made by these three parts of the centre shows they form a flexible but not entirely adequate support for modern government.

307 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1998

About the author

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John Michael Lee was educated at Christ Church Oxford. From 1958 to 1967 he was Lecturer and Senior Lecturer in government at Manchester University. Lee went on an academic secondment to HM Treasury 1967-1969. He was Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies 1969-1972, and Reader in Politics at Birkbeck College 1972-1981. He was Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Bristol 1987-1990 (Professor of Politics 1981-1992 and Emeritus Professor 1992). From 1993 to 1995 Lee was a Visiting Fellow for the Centre for International Studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science.