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'Just like us'? : the politics of ministerial promotion in UK government / Bill Jones.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jones, Bill, 1946- author.
- Series:
- Routledge studies in British politics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cabinet system--Great Britain.
- Cabinet system.
- Cabinet officers--Promotions--Great Britain.
- Cabinet officers.
- Great Britain--Officials and employees--Promotions.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1945-.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 297 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2024.
- Biography/History:
- Bill Jones is Honorary Professor of Political Studies at Liverpool Hope University, UK.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Becoming a professional politician
- Negotiating promotion
- The recruitment pool and the role of the whips' office
- Reshuffling the pack
- The role of the media
- Special advisers (SPADs) : the new 'apprentice ministers'?
- Opposition parties and promotion
- How to be an effective minister
- Dreaming of Downing St : Churchill, Lord Home and Liz Truss
- Promotion of gender, LGBT and ethnicity ministers in British government
- 'Promotion velocity' and the 'Boris problem'
- Concluding comments.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 15, 2024).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Jones, Bill, 1946- 'Just like us'
- ISBN:
- 9781040045398
- 1040045391
- 9781003405085
- 1003405088
- 9781040045473
- 1040045472
- Publisher Number:
- 40032371587
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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