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Understanding prime-ministerial performance : comparative perspectives / edited by Paul Strangio, Paul 'T Hart and James Walter.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Comparative government.
- Prime ministers.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (360 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Prime ministers stand at the apex of government and loom large in the consciousness of the nations they lead. This book examines how prime ministers operate and how their performance as public leaders can be understood and evaluated.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Contributors; 1. Prime Ministers and the Performance of Public Leadership; Part I: Understanding Power in Prime-Ministerial Performance: Introduction to Part I (the editors); 2. Personal Style, Institutional Setting and Historical Opportunity: Prime-Ministerial Performance in Context; 3. Prime-Ministerial Power: Institutional and Personal Factors; 4. The Politics Prime Ministers Make: Political Time and Executive Leadership in Westminster Systems; 5. Gendering Prime-Ministerial Power
- Part II: Prime Ministers and their Parties: Introduction to Part II (the editors)6. Prime Ministers and their Parties in the United Kingdom; 7. Prime Ministers and their Parties in Canada; 8. Prime Ministers and their Parties in Australia; 9. Prime Ministers and their Parties in New Zealand; Part III: Evaluating Prime-Ministerial Performance: Introduction to Part III (the editors); 10. Evaluating Prime-Ministerial Performance: The British Experience; 11. Evaluating Prime-Ministerial Performance: The Canadian Experience; 12. Evaluating Prime-Ministerial Performance: The Australian Experience
- 13. Evaluating Prime-Ministerial Performance: The New Zealand Experience14. From Prime-Ministerial Leadership to Court Politics; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-299-39733-6
- 0-19-164446-3
- OCLC:
- 902688282
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