Abstract
Contemporary analysis of British government suggests that in most sectors of industrial, economic and social policy there exists a ‘policy community’ in which key interest groups enjoy a more or less close partnership with the relevant government departments and statutory bodies in the formulation and implementation of policy. As a result even Parliament itself may play little direct role in the policy process (Jordan 1981, Jordan and Richardson 1982). Moreover analysis suggests that, taken together, a number of factors have meant that over the past decade or so most of these policy communities have faced growing external pressures.
‘The Crown is one and indivisible: at least in constitutional theory.’ (House of Commons Environment Committee, 1985.)
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Cox, G., Lowe, P., Winter, M. (1986). Agriculture and conservation in Britain: a policy community under seige. In: Cox, G., Lowe, P., Winter, M. (eds) Agriculture: People and Policies. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5962-3_11
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