Power of Politicians

The Power of Parliament offers not just a case study of the life and work of a politician, but also attends to deeper questions about what is morally and emotionally demanded of a politician and of the institution of Parliament itself, in the face of public hostility and indifference.

List of contents

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Dialogue

Notes

Westminster Abbey Institute

About the author

Tessa Jowell is an English Labour Party politician and was Member of Parliament from 1992 to 2015. She was Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport between 2001 and 2007. Frances D’Souza is a British scientist and Lord Temporal. She was previously Lord Speaker, having held the office from September 2011 to August 2016. Claire Foster-Gilbert is currently member of the British Medical Association’s Medical Ethics Committee, Unilever’s Central Research Ethics Advisory Committee, and the McDonald Centre for public theology and ethics.

Summary

The Power of Parliament offers not just a case study of the life and work of a politician, but also attends to deeper questions about what is morally and emotionally demanded of a politician and of the institution of Parliament itself, in the face of public hostility and indifference.

Additional text

"Tessa Jowell and Frances D’ Souza won Best Memoir by a Parliamentarian for The Power of Politicians, which explores the late Jowell’s career as MP, Cabinet Minister and peer to examine deeper questions about the role of parliamentarians, and what makes a good politician."

— 2018 Parliamentary Book Award for “Best Memoir by a Parliamentarian”

Product details

• Authors: Frances D’Souza, Tessa Jowell, Jowell Tessa, Tessa Tessa Jowell
• Assisted by: Claire Foster-Gilbert (Editor)
• Publisher: Haus Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2018
• EAN: 9781912208074
• ISBN: 978-1-912208-07-4
• No. of pages: 120
• Series: Haus Curiosities
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, Political leaders & leadership, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Political leaders and leadership, Central / national / federal government, Central government