书目名称 | The British Prime Minister in the Core Executive | 副标题 | Political Leadership | 编辑 | Birgit Bujard | 视频video | | 概述 | Examines the UK prime minister’s political leadership in the domestic executive.Offers a comparative study of the political leadership of James Callaghan, Margaret Thatcher, John Major and Tony Blair | 丛书名称 | Contributions to Political Science | 图书封面 |  | 描述 | This book examines the UK prime minister’s political leadership in the domestic executive. By offering a comparative study of the political leadership of James Callaghan, Margaret Thatcher, John Major and Tony Blair with regard to European monetary policy, it challenges the thesis that British prime ministers today have more power, resources and autonomy than their predecessors, giving them a greater capacity to act. .Taking key European monetary policy decisions by the British government between 1976 and 2007 as empirical cases, the book assesses the extent to which the political leadership of each prime minister was affected by the cabinet, the parliamentary party as well as the media, and the extent to which he or she was able to manage these factors. It becomes clear from this analysis that prime ministerial predominance is not as frequent as suggested, while collective leadership does not represent a return to cabinet government. Moreover, particularly the party in government affects the prime minister’s leadership by shaping his or her options on appointments (and therefore the composition of the core executive), and through its behaviour in parliament, e.g. through rebellion | 出版日期 | Book 2019 | 关键词 | British politics; Political leadership; UK prime minister; European policy; European monetary policy; Pol | 版次 | 1 | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89953-4 | isbn_softcover | 978-3-030-07903-1 | isbn_ebook | 978-3-319-89953-4Series ISSN 2198-7289 Series E-ISSN 2198-7297 | issn_series | 2198-7289 | copyright | Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2019 |
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