Hasty changes to the machinery of government can disrupt departments for up to two years
White, A. & Dunleavy, P.
(2010).
Hasty changes to the machinery of government can disrupt departments for up to two years.
(2010).
Hasty changes to the machinery of government can disrupt departments for up to two years.
Prime Ministers who are new in government or who are facing difficulties, often reorganize Whitehall as a way of demonstrating impact. Yet Anne White and Patrick Dunleavy show that this approach often has substantial costs, which are particularly hard to bear in the current climate of budget austerity.