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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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English
Published/Created
Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, ©1995.
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xiii, 264 pages ; 23 cm
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JN405 .C48 1995
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Subject(s)
Prime ministers
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Great Britain
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Great Britain
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Politics and government
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1945-
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Borthwick, R. L.
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Shell, Donald
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Hodder-Williams, Richard
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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.
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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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