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The regulation of standards in British public life : Doing the right thing? /

One of the most profound changes in British public life over the last twenty years has been the increasing concern with probity and standards. Some of that concern has been the product of scandals such as the cash for questions affair and the expenses scandal; some of it reflects the erosion of trus...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Hine, David, 1949- (Autor), Peele, Gillian, 1949- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2018
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : regulating public ethics in the United Kingdom
  • Integrity issues : a changing agenda
  • Building the United Kingdom's integrity machinery : the role of the Committee on Standards in Public Life
  • The House of Commons : the slow erosion of self-regulation
  • The expenses crisis : statutory regulation and its difficulties
  • The House of Lords and reluctant reform
  • Regulation at the centre of government : the Ministerial Code
  • Whitehall wars : protecting civil-service impartiality
  • Regulating the after-life : ministers, civil servants and revolving doors
  • Getting to grips with lobbying : regulated office-holders, unregulated lobbies
  • Party funding : ambitious architecture, flawed rules
  • Integrity issues in local government : the rise and fall of the Standards Board for England
  • Integrity issues and devolution
  • Conclusions : higher standards, lower credibility?