Churchill to Major : the British prime ministership since 1945 / R.L. Borthwick [and others] ; edited by Donald Shell and Richard Hodder-Williams.

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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, ©1995.
Description
xiii, 264 pages ; 23 cm

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    Subject(s)
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-255) and index.
    Contents
    • 1. The office of Prime Minister / Donald Shell. The origin and development of the office
    • Attaining the office of Prime Minister
    • The Parliamentary experience of Prime Ministers
    • The work of the Prime Minister
    • The Prime Minister as head of government
    • Trustees of the constitution: collective responsibility
    • The Prime Minister as party leader and national leader. 2. Prime Minister and cabinet / Philip Giddings. Cabinet formation: prime ministerial patronage
    • Cabinet organisation: prime ministerial management
    • The Prime Minister and cabinet policy-making: Suez and the Falklands; cutting public expenditure; problem ministers, Benn and Heseltine. 3. Prime Minister and Parliament / R.L. Borthwick. The House of Commons as a source of power
    • Gaining and losing office
    • Parliamentary management and questions
    • Debates and statements
    • Parliamentary style.
    • 4. Prime Minister and Whitehall / Martin Burch. Exercising influence through: ministers; the Prime Minister's office; the cabinet office
    • Departmental structure and administration
    • Organisation and operation of the civil service. 5. Prime ministers and their parties / Donald Shell. The changing party system
    • Party structure: the view from the top
    • The primacy of Parliamentary parties
    • Gaining and keeping the party leadership
    • Prime Ministers and the power of appointment
    • Management of the parliamentary party: role of the whips
    • Backbench party organisation
    • Downing Street distanced from the House of Commons
    • Prime Minister and the party outside Parliament
    • The labour leader and the party organisation. 6. Prime Minister and the public: managing media relations / Colin Seymour-Ure. The Downing Street context
    • The media context: broadcasting; the press
    • Downing Street news operations
    • Issues for the Prime Minister
    • Issues for the political system. 7. The Prime Minister and international relations / J.M. Lee. National leadership
    • Co-ordination of policy
    • Intelligence collection and analysis. 8. The Prime Ministership, 1945-1995 / Richard Hodder-Williams. Appendices: party leadership election results; general election results, 1945-1992; the size of governments.
    ISBN
    • 156324635X ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
    • 9781563246357 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
    • 1563246368 ((paper ; : alk. paper))
    • 9781563246364 ((paper ; : alk. paper))
    LCCN
    95011511
    OCLC
    32242093
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