From ménage à trois back to pas de deux? Ministerial advisers, civil servants and the contest of policy ideas
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15 décembre 2020
- doi: 10.4000/irpp.1502
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ministerial advisers political advisers political staff core executive politicization contestability responsive competence neutral competenceSujets proches
Civil service--Law and legislation Civil service--Legal status, laws, etc Government employees Government service Public employees Bureaucrats Civil servants Public service (Civil service) Career government serviceCiter ce document
Richard Shaw et al., « From ménage à trois back to pas de deux? Ministerial advisers, civil servants and the contest of policy ideas », International Review of Public Policy, ID : 10.4000/irpp.1502
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The institutionalization of the role of ministerial advisers in most parliamentary democracies has transformed what was once à pas de deux between ministers and senior civil servants into a ménage à trois. This article assesses the impact of ministerial advisers on the contest of policy ideas. It makes a theoretical case for paying closer attention to this issue than has thus far been the case, and assesses civil servants’ perceptions of advisers’ influence on contestability. The core conclusion, which is at variance with much of the scholarship on ministerial advisers, is that advisers pose a greater threat to policy contestability than to civil service impartiality.