The Search for Coordination
The Case of the Central Policy Review Staff and Social Policy Planning, 1971–77
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11636149 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jane Lewis (0000-0002-1184-4298, London School of Economics and Political Science, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 770-787 |
| Publication date | 2011-07-12 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Policy and Administration (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0144-5596 • E-ISSN: 1467-9515 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-9515.2011.00793.x |
| OpenAlex | W2123513307 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 15 |
The Central Policy Review Staff (CPRS) attempted to create an ambitious strategy for the horizontal coordination of social policy in the UK during the early 1970s. The attempt – inspired largely by planning, programming and budgeting systems – was a failure, and gave way to a much modified ‘joint framework for social policies’ in 1975. Recent research has compared the CPRS's joint framework approach to the Labour government's promotion of ‘joined‐up government’ (JUG) in the 2000s. This article provides a case study of the CPRS's work on social policy planning, using archival sources. The case study addresses themes that remain significant, particularly approaches to and the politics of horizontal coordination. Finally, the article makes a modest attempt to signal the differences between the 1970s' approach and ‘JUG’
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Joined-Up Government
Joint Approaches to Social Policy
Joined-Up Government in the Western World in Comparative Perspective
The Central Policy Review Staff 1970–1974
Delivering joined–up government in the UK
Managing Horizontal Government
Governance in Whitehall
The Reorganisation of Central Government
Inside the think tank
Social Service Budgets and Social Policy. British and American Experience
Getting and Spending
Departmentalism and joined-up government
Day Care Policies and Parenting
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2014 - 2025 (12) |
| Highly cited | No |