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Secretary to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom</a> in 1970. </p><p>Isserlis did not serve as <a href="/wiki/Edward_Heath" title="Edward Heath">Edward Heath</a>'s private secretary because he had been "personally close" to Heath's predecessor <a href="/wiki/Harold_Wilson" title="Harold Wilson">Harold Wilson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Works">Works</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alexander_Isserlis&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Isserlis was author of: </p> <ul><li><i>Regional Devolution and National Government</i> (1975)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Corporatism and Social Policy</i> (1976)<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>The Usefulness of Political Science to the Public Service</i> (1978)<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Plus Ca Change</i> (1981)<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Conversations on Policy</i> (1984).<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span 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.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFDavis2007" class="citation book cs1">Davis, Jon (2007-12-05). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=lNbUAwAAQBAJ&dq=alexander+isserlis&pg=PA99"><i>Prime Ministers and Whitehall 1960-74</i></a>. A&C Black. p. 99. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-84725-169-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-84725-169-5"><bdi>978-1-84725-169-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Prime+Ministers+and+Whitehall+1960-74&rft.pages=99&rft.pub=A%26C+Black&rft.date=2007-12-05&rft.isbn=978-1-84725-169-5&rft.aulast=Davis&rft.aufirst=Jon&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DlNbUAwAAQBAJ%26dq%3Dalexander%2Bisserlis%26pg%3DPA99&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAlexander+Isserlis" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Chapter 6 of <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=X1SuCwAAQBAJ&pg=PR1">Regional Devolution and Social Policy</a> (1975), edited by Edward Craven. For commentary on this paper, see (1976) <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=3fRUAAAAMAAJ">44</a> Town and Country Planning 551; "Book Reviews" (1976) <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=bcxRAQAAIAAJ">54</a> Public Administration 229 and 230; (1976) <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=lhMf9_UIvMUC">Geography</a> 182; (1976) <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=idsaAAAAMAAJ">British Book News</a> 108; and "Putting the centralisers in their place" in "Books" (1976) <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=t2foAAAAMAAJ">84</a> Municipal and Public Services Journal 41 (9 January 1976).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Chapter 1 of <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=RGpXAAAAMAAJ">The Corporate State, Reality Or Myth?</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">For commentary on this paper, see (1982) <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=hfEbAQAAMAAJ">11</a> Teaching Politics 305, 306 & 310; and Bulmer (ed), Social Research and Royal Commissions, 1980, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=mGDbCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA33">p 33</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Chapter 8 of <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=B1GaAAAAIAAJ">Fifty Years of Political & Economic Planning</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=QJi3AAAAIAAJ">Conversations on Policy</a>. Policy Studies Institute, Discussion Paper No 7. May 1984. For commentary on this book, see (1984) <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=kRZXAAAAMAAJ">11</a> Economic titles/abstracts 16.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sources">Sources</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alexander_Isserlis&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Rubinstein, Jolles, and Rubinstein (eds). "Isserlis, Alexander Reginald". The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History. Palgrave Macmillan. 2011. Pages <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=hJc8afOZV0QC&pg=PA460">460</a> and 461.</li> <li>The Times. 24 April 1970.</li> <li>The Times. 10 July 1970.</li> <li>The Times. 2 September 1970.</li> <li>Jewish Chronicle. 1 May 1970.</li> <li>Peter Paterson, "Why not a spoils system?" (1970) <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=oBw-AQAAIAAJ">225</a> The Spectator 32 (18 July 1970)</li> <li>"People" (1970) <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=je9UAAAAMAAJ">38</a> Town and Country Planning 259</li> <li>Andrew Holt and Warren Dockter (eds). Private Secretaries to the Prime Minister. Routledge. 2017. Pages <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=UsEtDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT323">PT323</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=UsEtDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT326">PT326</a> and passim.</li> <li>John Davis. 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