British Government Book

	Acknowledgments
	Introduction	1
1	The actors	17
1.a	The civil service	17
1.b	Ministers	24
1.c	The Prime Minister	28
1.d	The cabinet and its committees	30
1.e	The European Union	36
1.f	Pressure groups and policy communities	37
2	Initiating policy	43
2.a	Policy initiated by the government	43
2.b	Policy initiated from outside	60
3	Inside the 'black box'	90
3.a	Ministers and civil servants	90
3.b	Co-ordination and conflict between ministers	104
3.c	The Prime Minister and policy conflict	115
4	External influences on policy	130
4.a	The European Union	130
4.b	The politics of influence	139
4.c	Public campaigns	145
5	Implementation and policy review	152
5.a	Implementing policy	152
6	Legislation, legitimisation and control: parliament and the courts	170
6.a	Party control	170
6.b	The House of Commons	176
6.c	The House of Lords	195
6.d	Control by the courts: judicial review	197
	Conclusion	210
	References	215
	Index	217