Richard Parry
Biographic Data
| ID | 3585879 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Richard Parry |
| GIVEN NAMES | Richard |
| FAMILY NAME | Parry |
| SIGNATURE | PARRY R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Edinburgh |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4572-4849 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 60 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 25 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Devolution Commissions in the shadow of Whitehall
The Civil Service and Intergovernmental Relations in the Post-Devolution UK
The civil service, as an ‘apolitical’ actor, may supply a significant facilitating role in intergovernmental relations. This is especially the case in the UK, where even the most senior civil servants are not politically appointed and remain in office when their political masters change party colours. Furthermore, civil servants who work for the Scottish or Welsh governments are part of a unified (British) Home Civil Service. As such they have be…
What can UK public administration learn from the devolved nations
Since the UK devolved administrations first took office in 1999, they have asserted their distinctiveness and identity while remaining within UK norms and traditions of public administration. Many variables now show a balance between institutional continuity and adaptive local practices, including: distinctions between the executive and legislative branches, and between ministers and civil servants; control of expenditure within the UK managed to…
Changing UK Governance under Devolution
The 2007 elections in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales resulted in nationalist ministers entering the devolved governments and holding out the prospect of new patterns of governance. The article examines some early initiatives, including moves towards a separate Scottish Civil Service, greater integration of the Scottish Executive, a pro-welfare state coalition in Wales, a Northern Ireland Executive reappraising moves to public sector reform …
In the Time of Madness
Devolution and social security in Scotland
Thirty per cent of public expenditure in Scotland is on social security. Not only has it not been devolved to the Scottish Parliament, but there has been no political pressure to do so over many decades of administrative and legislative devolution. This reflects the lack of appeal to politicians and officials of assuming responsibility for this expensive and unrewarding area, which (as Northern Ireland has shown) would, under a block-funding syst…
The Civil Service and Intergovernmental Relations
The civil service is potentially one of the factors facilitating good intergovernmental relations in the United Kingdom, as either the ‘glue’ holding together administrations, or the ‘oil’ lubricating their working contacts. Its role is influenced by two contrasting models: ’interdepartmental’ and ‘diplomatic’ which in turn derive from a continuum of proximity between officials ranging from working for the same department to working for a foreign…
The Craft of Ruling in Plato's Euthydemus and Republic
We will investigate the relation between the notion of the craft of ruling in the Euthydemus and in the Republic. In the Euthydemus, Socrates' search for an account of wisdom leads to his identifying it as the craft of ruling in the city. In the Republic, the craft of ruling in the city is the virtue of wisdom in the city and the analogue of wisdom in the soul. Still, the craft of ruling leads to aporia in the former dialogue while in the latter …
The Scottish Executive and the Challenges of Complex Policy‐Making
The Influence of Heclo and Wildavsky's
Hugh Heclo and Aaron Wildavsky's Private Government of Public Money was one of the most influential public policy books of the 1970s because of the flair of its analysis and its pioneering use of interviews with policy-makers. Despite a revision in 1981 it fails to predict the demise of the system it celebrated the Public Expenditure Survey and associated Policy Analysis and Review - and its influence on subsequent studies of the Treasury has not…
Delivery Structures and Policy Development in Post-Devolution Scotland
The policy process in the devolved Scottish system reconciles the Scottish themes of delivering social policy from the centre, through channels of advice and professional direction, and the New Labour theme of broad social policy strategies aiming at better service delivery and employment outcomes. Beneath the surface issues there is a trend to re-structure some services. The Scottish Executive's strategy Social Justice , set out in annual report…
Devolution, Integration and Modernisation in the United Kingdom Civil Service
The legislation creating the devolved administrations in Scotland and Wales in 1999 specified that Scottish and Welsh officials would continue to be part of the Home Civil Service, and would not follow the model of the separate Northern Ireland Civil Service. This was justified by practical considerations about interchange of personnel and exchange of best practice, but also implies a celebration of the traditional narrative of the civil service …
The Treasury and Social Policy
Our project on the Treasury and social policy arose from our dissatisfaction with the stereotypes of the Treasury and its role in British government then current among those teaching, researching and practising in social policy. In that world, the Treasury and its influence were widely perceived to be unremittingly negative - narrowly concerned with the detail of expenditure control, unrelenting in the squeeze then being imposed on social program…
The Treasury & Social Policy
What is the power of the Treasury in controlling the policies and development of the welfare state? Drawing on in-depth interviews with officials of the Treasury and the spending departments, this boo
The Transition from the Scottish Office to the Scottish Executive
Whitehall and the Civil Service
Quangos and the Structure of the Public Sector in Scotland
The concept of the 'quango' is one of the most confusing and unhelpful in public policy studies, but for Scotland it is a vital link between the pre- and post-devolutionary systems. In the absence of a devolved legislature, appointed public bodies were a way of suggesting that policies were determined and implemented in a 'home-grown' way. Under the Scottish Parliament, their existence raises questions about the place of formal ministerial and pa…
The Scottish Parliament and Social Policy
The ability to take distinctive action on social policy has been one of the main justifications for a Scottish Assembly or Parliament. From one angle, the thought of the legislature and government as a powerhouse for a distinctively Scottish attempt to improve social conditions (especially bad physical conditions) has been a motivating force for devolution. Stated this way, the somewhat dated nature of such an approach in an era of small governme…
Reinventing the Treasury
The 1994 Fundamental Expenditure Review (FER) of the UK Treasury was a radical overhaul of organization that had major implications for the way the Treasury conducts its business. This article examines the origins and implications of FER, paying particular attention to the ‘strategic’ philosophy of controlling public expenditure encapsulated within it. Ostensibly an expression of modern economic rationalism overturning outmoded administrative pra…
Towards a democratised Scottish Office
Books/Livres
Rhodes and Rhodesia
“In A Sense Citizens, But Not Altogether Citizens…” Rhodes, Race, and the Ideology of Segregation at the Cape in the Late Nineteenth Century
L' “amalgamation” ou l' “assimilation” caractérisent la politique du gouvernement du Cap entre 1854 et 1890. Cependant, les bases de cette politique ont été remises en question à divers niveaux. Cecil Rhodes est parvenu à imposer sa nouvelle politique qui limita la participation africaine au processus politique, accentua le contrôle interne avec la collaboration des autorités africaines et prépara le terrain à la mobilisation effective de la forc…
In a Sense Citizens, but Not Altogether Citizens
Richard Parry, "In a Sense Citizens, but Not Altogether Citizens...": Rhodes, Race, and the Ideology of Segregation at the Cape in the Late Nineteenth Century, Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue Canadienne des Études Africaines, Vol. 17, No. 3, Special Issue: South Africa (1983), pp. 377-391
Territory and Public Employment
A model of the territorial distribution of public employment within a country is presented, and tested with evidence from the United Kingdom in 1977. Three influences are suggested to account for the pattern of territorial variation: proportionality (an even distribution after standardisation for area and client group characteristics); the structure of the public sector (the presence of industries and services that must be concentrated in some pl…
Delivery Structures and Policy Development in Post-Devolution Scotland
The policy process in the devolved Scottish system reconciles the Scottish themes of delivering social policy from the centre, through channels of advice and professional direction, and the New Labour theme of broad social policy strategies aiming at better service delivery and employment outcomes. Beneath the surface issues there is a trend to re-structure some services. The Scottish Executive's strategy Social Justice , set out in annual report…
Reinventing the Treasury
The 1994 Fundamental Expenditure Review (FER) of the UK Treasury was a radical overhaul of organization that had major implications for the way the Treasury conducts its business. This article examines the origins and implications of FER, paying particular attention to the ‘strategic’ philosophy of controlling public expenditure encapsulated within it. Ostensibly an expression of modern economic rationalism overturning outmoded administrative pra…
The Civil Service and Intergovernmental Relations in the Post-Devolution UK
The civil service, as an ‘apolitical’ actor, may supply a significant facilitating role in intergovernmental relations. This is especially the case in the UK, where even the most senior civil servants are not politically appointed and remain in office when their political masters change party colours. Furthermore, civil servants who work for the Scottish or Welsh governments are part of a unified (British) Home Civil Service. As such they have be…
The Transition from the Scottish Office to the Scottish Executive
The Scottish Executive and the Challenges of Complex Policy‐Making
Quangos and the Structure of the Public Sector in Scotland
The concept of the 'quango' is one of the most confusing and unhelpful in public policy studies, but for Scotland it is a vital link between the pre- and post-devolutionary systems. In the absence of a devolved legislature, appointed public bodies were a way of suggesting that policies were determined and implemented in a 'home-grown' way. Under the Scottish Parliament, their existence raises questions about the place of formal ministerial and pa…
Changing UK Governance under Devolution
The 2007 elections in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales resulted in nationalist ministers entering the devolved governments and holding out the prospect of new patterns of governance. The article examines some early initiatives, including moves towards a separate Scottish Civil Service, greater integration of the Scottish Executive, a pro-welfare state coalition in Wales, a Northern Ireland Executive reappraising moves to public sector reform …
The Civil Service and Intergovernmental Relations
The civil service is potentially one of the factors facilitating good intergovernmental relations in the United Kingdom, as either the ‘glue’ holding together administrations, or the ‘oil’ lubricating their working contacts. Its role is influenced by two contrasting models: ’interdepartmental’ and ‘diplomatic’ which in turn derive from a continuum of proximity between officials ranging from working for the same department to working for a foreign…
The Scottish Parliament and Social Policy
The ability to take distinctive action on social policy has been one of the main justifications for a Scottish Assembly or Parliament. From one angle, the thought of the legislature and government as a powerhouse for a distinctively Scottish attempt to improve social conditions (especially bad physical conditions) has been a motivating force for devolution. Stated this way, the somewhat dated nature of such an approach in an era of small governme…
What can UK public administration learn from the devolved nations
Since the UK devolved administrations first took office in 1999, they have asserted their distinctiveness and identity while remaining within UK norms and traditions of public administration. Many variables now show a balance between institutional continuity and adaptive local practices, including: distinctions between the executive and legislative branches, and between ministers and civil servants; control of expenditure within the UK managed to…
Devolution, Integration and Modernisation in the United Kingdom Civil Service
The legislation creating the devolved administrations in Scotland and Wales in 1999 specified that Scottish and Welsh officials would continue to be part of the Home Civil Service, and would not follow the model of the separate Northern Ireland Civil Service. This was justified by practical considerations about interchange of personnel and exchange of best practice, but also implies a celebration of the traditional narrative of the civil service …
In a Sense Citizens, but Not Altogether Citizens
Richard Parry, "In a Sense Citizens, but Not Altogether Citizens...": Rhodes, Race, and the Ideology of Segregation at the Cape in the Late Nineteenth Century, Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue Canadienne des Études Africaines, Vol. 17, No. 3, Special Issue: South Africa (1983), pp. 377-391
Territory and Public Employment
A model of the territorial distribution of public employment within a country is presented, and tested with evidence from the United Kingdom in 1977. Three influences are suggested to account for the pattern of territorial variation: proportionality (an even distribution after standardisation for area and client group characteristics); the structure of the public sector (the presence of industries and services that must be concentrated in some pl…
The Craft of Ruling in Plato's Euthydemus and Republic
We will investigate the relation between the notion of the craft of ruling in the Euthydemus and in the Republic. In the Euthydemus, Socrates' search for an account of wisdom leads to his identifying it as the craft of ruling in the city. In the Republic, the craft of ruling in the city is the virtue of wisdom in the city and the analogue of wisdom in the soul. Still, the craft of ruling leads to aporia in the former dialogue while in the latter …
Territory and Public Employment
A model of the territorial distribution of public employment within a country is presented, and tested with evidence from the United Kingdom in 1977. Three influences are suggested to account for the pattern of territorial variation: proportionality (an even distribution after standardisation for area and client group characteristics); the structure of the public sector (the presence of industries and services that must be concentrated in some pl…
“In A Sense Citizens, But Not Altogether Citizens…” Rhodes, Race, and the Ideology of Segregation at the Cape in the Late Nineteenth Century
L' “amalgamation” ou l' “assimilation” caractérisent la politique du gouvernement du Cap entre 1854 et 1890. Cependant, les bases de cette politique ont été remises en question à divers niveaux. Cecil Rhodes est parvenu à imposer sa nouvelle politique qui limita la participation africaine au processus politique, accentua le contrôle interne avec la collaboration des autorités africaines et prépara le terrain à la mobilisation effective de la forc…
In a Sense Citizens, but Not Altogether Citizens
Richard Parry, "In a Sense Citizens, but Not Altogether Citizens...": Rhodes, Race, and the Ideology of Segregation at the Cape in the Late Nineteenth Century, Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue Canadienne des Études Africaines, Vol. 17, No. 3, Special Issue: South Africa (1983), pp. 377-391
Books/Livres
Rhodes and Rhodesia
Towards a democratised Scottish Office
The Scottish Parliament and Social Policy
The ability to take distinctive action on social policy has been one of the main justifications for a Scottish Assembly or Parliament. From one angle, the thought of the legislature and government as a powerhouse for a distinctively Scottish attempt to improve social conditions (especially bad physical conditions) has been a motivating force for devolution. Stated this way, the somewhat dated nature of such an approach in an era of small governme…
Reinventing the Treasury
The 1994 Fundamental Expenditure Review (FER) of the UK Treasury was a radical overhaul of organization that had major implications for the way the Treasury conducts its business. This article examines the origins and implications of FER, paying particular attention to the ‘strategic’ philosophy of controlling public expenditure encapsulated within it. Ostensibly an expression of modern economic rationalism overturning outmoded administrative pra…
Quangos and the Structure of the Public Sector in Scotland
The concept of the 'quango' is one of the most confusing and unhelpful in public policy studies, but for Scotland it is a vital link between the pre- and post-devolutionary systems. In the absence of a devolved legislature, appointed public bodies were a way of suggesting that policies were determined and implemented in a 'home-grown' way. Under the Scottish Parliament, their existence raises questions about the place of formal ministerial and pa…
The Treasury and Social Policy
Our project on the Treasury and social policy arose from our dissatisfaction with the stereotypes of the Treasury and its role in British government then current among those teaching, researching and practising in social policy. In that world, the Treasury and its influence were widely perceived to be unremittingly negative - narrowly concerned with the detail of expenditure control, unrelenting in the squeeze then being imposed on social program…
The Treasury & Social Policy
What is the power of the Treasury in controlling the policies and development of the welfare state? Drawing on in-depth interviews with officials of the Treasury and the spending departments, this boo
The Transition from the Scottish Office to the Scottish Executive
Whitehall and the Civil Service
Devolution, Integration and Modernisation in the United Kingdom Civil Service
The legislation creating the devolved administrations in Scotland and Wales in 1999 specified that Scottish and Welsh officials would continue to be part of the Home Civil Service, and would not follow the model of the separate Northern Ireland Civil Service. This was justified by practical considerations about interchange of personnel and exchange of best practice, but also implies a celebration of the traditional narrative of the civil service …
Delivery Structures and Policy Development in Post-Devolution Scotland
The policy process in the devolved Scottish system reconciles the Scottish themes of delivering social policy from the centre, through channels of advice and professional direction, and the New Labour theme of broad social policy strategies aiming at better service delivery and employment outcomes. Beneath the surface issues there is a trend to re-structure some services. The Scottish Executive's strategy Social Justice , set out in annual report…
The Craft of Ruling in Plato's Euthydemus and Republic
We will investigate the relation between the notion of the craft of ruling in the Euthydemus and in the Republic. In the Euthydemus, Socrates' search for an account of wisdom leads to his identifying it as the craft of ruling in the city. In the Republic, the craft of ruling in the city is the virtue of wisdom in the city and the analogue of wisdom in the soul. Still, the craft of ruling leads to aporia in the former dialogue while in the latter …
The Scottish Executive and the Challenges of Complex Policy‐Making
The Influence of Heclo and Wildavsky's
Hugh Heclo and Aaron Wildavsky's Private Government of Public Money was one of the most influential public policy books of the 1970s because of the flair of its analysis and its pioneering use of interviews with policy-makers. Despite a revision in 1981 it fails to predict the demise of the system it celebrated the Public Expenditure Survey and associated Policy Analysis and Review - and its influence on subsequent studies of the Treasury has not…
Devolution and social security in Scotland
Thirty per cent of public expenditure in Scotland is on social security. Not only has it not been devolved to the Scottish Parliament, but there has been no political pressure to do so over many decades of administrative and legislative devolution. This reflects the lack of appeal to politicians and officials of assuming responsibility for this expensive and unrewarding area, which (as Northern Ireland has shown) would, under a block-funding syst…
The Civil Service and Intergovernmental Relations
The civil service is potentially one of the factors facilitating good intergovernmental relations in the United Kingdom, as either the ‘glue’ holding together administrations, or the ‘oil’ lubricating their working contacts. Its role is influenced by two contrasting models: ’interdepartmental’ and ‘diplomatic’ which in turn derive from a continuum of proximity between officials ranging from working for the same department to working for a foreign…
In the Time of Madness
Changing UK Governance under Devolution
The 2007 elections in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales resulted in nationalist ministers entering the devolved governments and holding out the prospect of new patterns of governance. The article examines some early initiatives, including moves towards a separate Scottish Civil Service, greater integration of the Scottish Executive, a pro-welfare state coalition in Wales, a Northern Ireland Executive reappraising moves to public sector reform …
The Civil Service and Intergovernmental Relations in the Post-Devolution UK
The civil service, as an ‘apolitical’ actor, may supply a significant facilitating role in intergovernmental relations. This is especially the case in the UK, where even the most senior civil servants are not politically appointed and remain in office when their political masters change party colours. Furthermore, civil servants who work for the Scottish or Welsh governments are part of a unified (British) Home Civil Service. As such they have be…
What can UK public administration learn from the devolved nations
Since the UK devolved administrations first took office in 1999, they have asserted their distinctiveness and identity while remaining within UK norms and traditions of public administration. Many variables now show a balance between institutional continuity and adaptive local practices, including: distinctions between the executive and legislative branches, and between ministers and civil servants; control of expenditure within the UK managed to…
Devolution Commissions in the shadow of Whitehall
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