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The Rise of the British Presidency Michael Foley

The Rise of the British Presidency By Michael Foley

The Rise of the British Presidency by Michael Foley


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Summary

Examines the new resources, strategies and motivations of British political leadership and argues that they have produced a British presidency. Foley asserts that the nature of the premiership has altered and that British and American premiership are developing on a parallel.

The Rise of the British Presidency Summary

The Rise of the British Presidency by Michael Foley

This controversial book examines the new resources, strategies and motivations of British political leadership and argues that together they have produced nothing less than the emergence of a British presidency. Michael Foley asserts that there has been a dramatic and qualitative change in the political nature and dynamics of the premiership. By overcoming the cultural and constitutional objections to making a serious comparison with the American presidency, he offers an array of insights into both offices and argues not that they have converged, but that they have begun to move along parallel lines of development. With its cogent challenge to the customary perspectives, this book sets out to change the terms of the debate surrounding the subject of British political leadership and government.

Table of Contents

Prime ministerial government and the presidential analogy; outsiders and spatial leadership in modern American politics; outsiders and spatial leadership in modern British politics; going public and getting personal in the United States and Britain; leadership stretch; the Presidency and the premiership - power, national and constitution; Thatcher, Heseltine, Hurd and Major - presidential politics and the leadership contest; the post-Thatcher premiership and the 1992 General Election; the rise of the British presidency.

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GOR005348035
9780719040108
0719040108
The Rise of the British Presidency by Michael Foley
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Manchester University Press
1993-05-20
336
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