Overview
- 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 with regard to European monetary policy
- Challenges the thesis that British prime ministers today have more power, resources and autonomy than their predecessors
Part of the book series: Contributions to Political Science (CPS)
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Table of contents(11 chapters)
About this book
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 rebellions or the threat of them.
Authors and Affiliations
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Cologne, Germany
Birgit Bujard
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The British Prime Minister in the Core Executive
Book Subtitle: Political Leadership in British European Policy
Authors: Birgit Bujard
Series Title: Contributions to Political Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89953-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-89952-7Published: 31 July 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-07903-1Published: 01 February 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-89953-4Published: 21 July 2018
Series ISSN: 2198-7289
Series E-ISSN: 2198-7297
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 268
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations
Topics: British Politics, Political Leadership, Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics, Legislative and Executive Politics