Premiership : the development, nature and power of the British Prime Minister / Andrew Blick and George Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blick, Andrew, author.

Jones, George, author.

Series:

Societas (Imprint Academic (Firm))

Societas

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prime ministers--Great Britain.

Prime ministers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (210 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Exeter : Imprint Academic, [2010]

Summary:

The office of Prime Minister stands at the apex of the British political system. An undertsanding of this post is essential to all who are -- or aspire to be -- within government, or who observie it from outside.This book combines the methods of history and political science to produce theories of the development, nature and power of the premiership, and to explain the implications for present politicians and analysts. It is essential reading for for academics, students, journalists and all who are working in or intersted in politics.

Contents:

Cover ; Contents ; Front Matter ; Title Page ; Publisher Information ; Author's Acknoledgements ; Introduction ; Premiership ; The Present Debate; Recurring Errors; Style and Substance; The Power Matrix; Conclusion; Back Matter ; Also Available

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 14, 2016).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-84540-647-8

OCLC:

941700281