Sustaining the Westminster Model: A Case Study of the Transition in Power between Political Parties in British Government
Sustaining the Westminster Model: A Case Study of the Transition in Power between Political Parties in British Government
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维持威斯敏斯特模式：英国政府政党间权力过渡的案例研究
DOI：
10.1093/pa/gsn040
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发表时间：
2008
影响因子：
1.2
通讯作者：
Richards D
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作者：
Richards D
1997年的政府换届对白厅和即将上台的反对党工党来说总是一个挑战。寻求维持“政府无缝网络”的形象，从而维持威斯敏斯特模式，符合双方的利益。本文根据对现有“道格拉斯-霍姆规则”的修订，研究了如何处理过渡，并分析了其有效性。它借鉴了作者与参与这项工作的主要行动者进行的广泛访谈，并确定了从1997年吸取的一些教训，以改善未来的过渡。
The 1997 change in government was always going to be a challenge for Whitehall and the incoming Labour opposition. It was in the interest of both sets of actors to seek to maintain the image of the ‘seamless web of government’ and so sustain the Westminster model. This article examines how the transition was handled, in the light of the revision to the existing ‘Douglas–Home rules’ and analyses its effectiveness. It draws on extensive interviews conducted by the author with key actors involved in the exercise and identifies a number of lessons drawn from 1997 to improve future transitions.