Prime Ministers'' Craft - Why Some Succeed and Others Fail in Westminster Systems

Zusatztext Weller compares the experience of the modern PM's role across the "Westminster systems" of New Zealand, the UK, Canada and Australia, producing some (much-needed) fresh insights into the rather claustrophobic world of British politics. Informationen zum Autor Patrick Weller is Professor Emeritus, Centre for Governance and Public Policy, School of Government and International Relations, Griffith University. He is the author or co-author of some 20 books on Australian politics, comparative politics, and international organization, including First among Equals (Allen and Unwin,1985), Malcolm Fraser: Prime Minister (Penguin, 1989) Cabinet Government in Australia 1900 to 2006 ( 2007), Westminster Compared (co-authored with R.A.W. Rhodes and John Wanna, 2009), and Kevin Rudd: Twice Prime Minister (Melbourne, University Press, 2014). Klappentext This volume examines how prime ministers work and the means by which they choose to run their governments, and compares four parliamentary systems (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom) over the past 40 years. Zusammenfassung This volume examines how prime ministers work and the means by which they choose to run their governments, and compares four parliamentary systems (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom) over the past 40 years. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Prime Ministers: Conundrums and Dilemmas 2: Getting There, Staying There 3: The Job: Assumptions, Visions, and Workloads 4: The Inner Circle: Prime Ministers and Their Advisers 5: Prime Ministers and Their Ministers 6: Prime Ministers and Cabinet Government 7: Prime Ministers, Party, and Parliament 8: Prime Ministers and the Public 9: Prime Ministers as National Leaders 10: Conclusion: Why Prime Ministers Succeed (Or Not)

Product details

• Authors: Patrick Weller, Patrick (Professor Emeritus of Politics Weller
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.05.2018
• EAN: 9780199646203
• ISBN: 978-0-19-964620-3
• No. of pages: 282
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Canada, Australia, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Australian & Oceanian, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Canadian, Political science & theory, Political leaders & leadership, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Public Administration, Comparative Politics, New Zealand, Political science and theory, Political leaders and leadership, New Zealand / Aotearoa