This book is about local government in Britain and does not deal with the position in Northern Ireland. The main reason for not considering Northern Ireland is that the system of local government in the province is substantially different from that operating in the "mainstream" British contex.
This book about policy analysts in the federal government in Washington. There are three reasons for writing it: to improve the effectiveness of analytical activities by exploring the political and bureaucratic dimensions of the policy analyst at work; to extend our knowledge about bureaucracy; to develop teaching material for schools of public policy and public administration, such as my own, …