David Blunkett
Biographic Data
| ID | 1633339 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Blunkett |
| GIVEN NAMES | David |
| FAMILY NAME | Blunkett |
| SIGNATURE | BLUNKETT D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Sheffield |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 25 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The privilege of public service and the dangers of populist technocracy
Devolution, Evolution, Revolution … Democracy? What's Really Happening to English Local Governance
The Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill 2015–2016[ HL ] was introduced into the House of Lords as Bill No. 1 in the 2015–2016 parliamentary session. The Bill forms a critical element of the government's high‐profile policy of devolving powers and responsibilities to local areas within England. The transition from first‐generation ‘city deals’ to second‐generation ‘devolution deals’ within five years provides a sense of the pace and develo…
Politics as Theory and Politics as Practice
In 1962, the late Professor Sir Bernard Crick published his seminal work In Defence of Politics . Fifty years on, formal political processes have never been in greater need of defending. In this article, former Home Secretary David Blunkett MP argues that in order to defend politics we need to change the way in which we ‘do’ our politics. In a 21st century response to Professor Crick's challenge to defend the role of politics in providing a count…
Labour In and Out of Government
This article is a commentary-style piece on the last Labour administration, reflecting on the relationship between ideas, actors, structures and events in shaping political practice. It is organised around two core but not mutually exclusive themes: the translation of ideas into political practice and the role of the British political tradition in shaping this process. The view offered within is that the British political tradition provides a use…
Old and New Labour Narratives of Whitehall
This article argues that throughout its history, the leadership of the Labour Party has chosen to embrace a benign view of the Civil Service, as part of a wider acceptance of the constitutional status quo reflected in the Westminster model. There has nevertheless been a long tradition in the wider Labour movement that has questioned whether Whitehall is capable of working for a government with radical aspirations. This article examines Labour's h…
Propos d'un leader travailliste sur le gouvernement local
David Blunkett, Palabras de un líder laborista sobre el gobierno local El gobierno local británico ha resistido al ataque dirigido por la alianza entre los conservadores y el sector privado. Esta lucha habrá mostrado la necesidad de una desestización y de una gestion más próxima a los habitantes y más abierta a la iniciativa privada
Pressures on members and officers
Education and Training and the Manpower Services Commission
Labour In and Out of Government
This article is a commentary-style piece on the last Labour administration, reflecting on the relationship between ideas, actors, structures and events in shaping political practice. It is organised around two core but not mutually exclusive themes: the translation of ideas into political practice and the role of the British political tradition in shaping this process. The view offered within is that the British political tradition provides a use…
Old and New Labour Narratives of Whitehall
This article argues that throughout its history, the leadership of the Labour Party has chosen to embrace a benign view of the Civil Service, as part of a wider acceptance of the constitutional status quo reflected in the Westminster model. There has nevertheless been a long tradition in the wider Labour movement that has questioned whether Whitehall is capable of working for a government with radical aspirations. This article examines Labour's h…
Politics as Theory and Politics as Practice
In 1962, the late Professor Sir Bernard Crick published his seminal work In Defence of Politics . Fifty years on, formal political processes have never been in greater need of defending. In this article, former Home Secretary David Blunkett MP argues that in order to defend politics we need to change the way in which we ‘do’ our politics. In a 21st century response to Professor Crick's challenge to defend the role of politics in providing a count…
Pressures on members and officers
Education and Training and the Manpower Services Commission
Pressures on members and officers
Propos d'un leader travailliste sur le gouvernement local
David Blunkett, Palabras de un líder laborista sobre el gobierno local El gobierno local británico ha resistido al ataque dirigido por la alianza entre los conservadores y el sector privado. Esta lucha habrá mostrado la necesidad de una desestización y de una gestion más próxima a los habitantes y más abierta a la iniciativa privada
Old and New Labour Narratives of Whitehall
This article argues that throughout its history, the leadership of the Labour Party has chosen to embrace a benign view of the Civil Service, as part of a wider acceptance of the constitutional status quo reflected in the Westminster model. There has nevertheless been a long tradition in the wider Labour movement that has questioned whether Whitehall is capable of working for a government with radical aspirations. This article examines Labour's h…
Labour In and Out of Government
This article is a commentary-style piece on the last Labour administration, reflecting on the relationship between ideas, actors, structures and events in shaping political practice. It is organised around two core but not mutually exclusive themes: the translation of ideas into political practice and the role of the British political tradition in shaping this process. The view offered within is that the British political tradition provides a use…
Politics as Theory and Politics as Practice
In 1962, the late Professor Sir Bernard Crick published his seminal work In Defence of Politics . Fifty years on, formal political processes have never been in greater need of defending. In this article, former Home Secretary David Blunkett MP argues that in order to defend politics we need to change the way in which we ‘do’ our politics. In a 21st century response to Professor Crick's challenge to defend the role of politics in providing a count…
Devolution, Evolution, Revolution … Democracy? What's Really Happening to English Local Governance
The Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill 2015–2016[ HL ] was introduced into the House of Lords as Bill No. 1 in the 2015–2016 parliamentary session. The Bill forms a critical element of the government's high‐profile policy of devolving powers and responsibilities to local areas within England. The transition from first‐generation ‘city deals’ to second‐generation ‘devolution deals’ within five years provides a sense of the pace and develo…
The privilege of public service and the dangers of populist technocracy
Political science (7 works) · Law (5 works) · Political and Economic history of UK and US (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Political economy (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Public Administration (4 works) · Government (linguistics (3 works) · Public Administration (3 works)