‘Enlightened Amateurs’
Abstract
This chapter outlines the main features of the British civil service as it was about the time of the Fulton Report. There are notes on numbers, selection, training arrangements and the career structure for the ‘general’ classes. Specialists are discussed separately in the next chapter.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Public Administration and Governance
Public Policy and Administration Research
Historical and Political Studies
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Routledge eBooks
- Pages
- 38–63
- Publication date
- 26 February 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter