Administering the Summit: Administration of the Core Executive in Developed Countries (Transforming Government) by B. Guy Peters, R.A.W. Rhodes, & 1 more

ISBN: 9780333752487

Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, 7 April 2000

Hardcover, 296 pages

All executives need advice. Equally providing advice is a dangerous game. Speaking truth to power demands diplomatic skills. This book looks at the way in which advice is provided to the summit of government in twelve advanced industrialised countries. It looks at the organisation and staffing of advice for the heads of executives in eight European countries (Belgium, Britain, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Sweden) as well as Australia, China, Japan and the USA. The book examines the increasing pressures for centralisation as core executives confront the differentiation and pluralisation of government and the interplay of constitutional, political and institutional factors, and above all the governmental tradition in each system.