British Foreign Secretaries Since 1974

This book analyses the changing role of the British Foreign Secretary and presents biographical case studies of all the individual holders of that post, the policies they persued and the issues they faced, since 1974. The work of the British Foreign Secretaries from James Callaghan to Robin Cook is examined in the context of the foreign policy-making machinery, the changing environment of British foreign policy, and the internal and external political forces with which they had to contend.

Using a biographical case study approach, the chapters examine the careers, personalities, policies and influence of successive Foreign Secretaries to increase our knowledge and understanding of the work of the government, and the development of British foreign policy over the last thirty years. British Foreign Secretaries Since 1974 casts light on the hitherto shadowy and understudied role of personality in international relations and on how ten very different personalities helped to shape the detail and the articulation of British foreign policy.

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Kevin Theakston

Riassunto

This book analyses the changing role of the British Foreign Secretary and presents biographical case studies of all the individual holders of that post, the policies they persued and the issues they faced, since 1974.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Kevin Theakston
• Con la collaborazione di: Kevin Theakston (Editore)
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 30.06.2015
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia
• EAN: 9781138874664
• ISBN: 978-1-138-87466-4
• Numero di pagine: 296
• Categorie: POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Politics & government, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Politics and government, ministerial decision making, political leadership studies, UK foreign policy analysis, international relations UK, cabinet government dynamics, personality influence in diplomacy, biographical political analysis