Departmental Restructuring under New Labour

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1、ThePoliticalQuarterly,Vol.82,No.3,July–September2011DepartmentalRestructuringunderNewLabourTIMOTHYHEPPELLIntroductionhasfocusedonthenotionofjoined-upgovernmentandtheattemptstowith-InarecentpresentationtotheInstitutestandthedrifttowardsdepartmentalism,forGovernment,TonyBlairprov

2、idedanbuttheroleofdepartmentalrestructur-overviewofwhathehadlearntfromteningsunderNewLabourasacomponentyearsingovernment.Onthequestionofpartofthisislesswellconsidered.3Thisdepartmentalrestructuring,Blairarticlethereforeseekstoassesstheirrec-admittedthat‘Ibecameslightlysceptical

3、ordfromthreedifferentperspectives.abouthowmuchitdeliversforyouintheFirst,howdoesthefrequencyofdepart-1end’.SuchdoubtswereclearlyevidentmentalrestructuringunderNewLabourwhentheInstituteforGovernmentcomparewithpreviousadministrations?offeredtheiradviceforanincomingSecond,whenassess

4、inghowNewLabourDavidCameron-ledgovernmentasthesetaboutdepartmentalrestructuringgeneralelectiondrewcloser.Theywhatmotivatedthem?Thirdandfinally,advisedcaution,arguingthatsuchoncedepartmentalrestructuringwaschangesareinvariably‘expensiveandinitiatedwaseffectiveimplementationdisrupt

5、ive’andsignificantlytheyareandevaluationevident?2often‘counterproductive’.Adecadeearlier,duringtheprolongedhoneymoonperiodthatNewLabourDefiningandjustifyingenjoyed,therhetoricofmodernisinggov-departmentalrestructuringernmenthadfocusedonthenotionofjoined-upgovernmentandanemphasisB

6、eforeassessingtherecordofNewonpolicydelivery.ThatemphasisonLabourintermsofdepartmentalrestruc-joined-upgovernmentandthequestforturingitisnecessarytobrieflyoutlinetheenhancedpolicycoordinationacrossmul-exactmeaningof‘restructuring’asittipledepartments,agenciesandstake-encapsulate

7、smanydifferentformsofholders,seemedtobesymptomaticofchange.Thisarticlefocusesinonwhatthe‘newness’ofNewLabour.YetthatChesterandWilsoncalledthe‘creationdesireforenhancedpolicycoordinationandabolitionofdepartmentsandtheactuallymirroredpreviousattemptstotransferoffunctionsbetweendep

8、art-4producegreaterstrategicthinkinginpol-ments’.Heref