Civil Service under the Conservatives, 1979-1997 : Whitehall's Political Poodles Book

	Foreword
	Preface
	Acknowledgements
	Introduction: There is No Such Thing as a Bad Civil Servant, Only a Bad Civil Service	1
1	Did the 'Vicar of Bray' Reside at SW1 in the 1980s? What the Commentators Thought	6
2	Evolution not Revolution: the Reforms of the 1980s	18
3	Appointments to the Highest Grades in the Civil Service - Drawing the Curtain Open	47
4	Quantifying a Thatcher Effect	73
5	Intervention in the Senior Appointments Procedure: Rhetoric, Reality and a Centre Effect?	85
6	The Mandarins Address a Thatcher Effect	110
7	Personalisation of the Top Appointments Process: Cultural Change and its Contradictions	133
8	High-Flyers at the Centre: the Cat that Pinched the Cream or if the Glove Fits, Wear It	163
9	Mandarins of the 1980s: the Good, the Bad, the Unwanted and the Unaffected	177
10	The Blue and the Grey: Whitehall and Major	221
11	Conclusion: Whitehall's Political Poodles?	234
App. A	Abbreviations of Departments	247
App. B	Contact Addresses for Accessing Data Sets	248
App. C	Names of Officials Interviewed	248
App. D	Outside Appointments to Grade 1/1a under Mrs Thatcher	249
App. E	Outside Appointments to Grade 1/1a under John Major	250
	Notes	251
	Bibliography	259
	Index	264