Tales of a model permanent secretary; Sir David Normington
On the life and turbulent times of a modern Whitehall mandarin
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10105779 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter Ribbins (University of Birmingham, corresponding author), Brian Sherratt |
| Year | 2025 |
| Pages | 1-23 |
| Publication date | 2025-12-08 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Educational Administration & History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0620 • E-ISSN: 1478-7431 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00220620.2025.2595635 |
| OpenAlex | W7111230571 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 13 |
Feature (linguistics · Mandarin Chinese · Perspective (graphical · Subject (documents · Term (time · Musicology and Musical Analysis · Scottish History and National Identity · Theater, Performance, and Music History
Bureaucracy & Representative Government
Realist Social Theory
Britain's Administrative Elite
Understanding Leadership in Education
Biography in the study of public administration
The permanent secretary as policy-maker, shaper, taker, sharer, and resister in education – reflections on Sir James Hamilton as a centralising outsider
Portrait of an ‘outsider’ as permanent secretary in Whitehall
Centrism and the mandarin class
Reforming the Civil Service and revising the role of the mandarin in Britain
Central Problems in Social Theory
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |