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Informationen zum Autor James Barber is a professor and member of the Centre of International Studies at Cambridge University and a Fellow of the South African Institute of International Affairs. Previously he was Master of Hatfield College and Professor of Politics at Durham University. He has published extensively on Southern African affairs including Rhodesia: The Road to Rebellion; South Africa's Foreign Policy: 1945-1970; The Uneasy Relationship: Britain and South Africa; and South Africa's Foreign Policy: The Search for Status and Security. He has also published on British politics including The Prime Minister since 1945. Klappentext This volume outlines and analyzes the office of the British Prime Minister as it has developed since 1945 by examining the rise and fall of the postwar ministers! their social backgrounds! image-building! and more. Zusammenfassung Outlines and analyzes the way the office of Prime Minister has developed in Britain in the past 45 years. The book considers the social backgrounds! image! relations with cabinets! role in policy making! and power of the men and woman who have occupied the office. Inhaltsverzeichnis The making; the breaking; the social and political moulding; the media moulding; party and elections; Parliament; the Cabinet; advisers; economic policy; foreign policy; the power of the Prime Minister.
Sommario
The Making The Breaking
The Social and Political Moulding
The Media Moulding
Party and Elections
Parliament
The Cabinet
Civil Servants and Advisers
Economic Policy
Foreign Policy
The power of the Prime Minister
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James Barber is a professor and member of the Centre of International Studies at Cambridge University and a Fellow of the South African Institute of International Affairs. Previously he was Master of Hatfield College and Professor of Politics at Durham University. He has published extensively on Southern African affairs including
Rhodesia: The Road to Rebellion;
South Africa's Foreign Policy: 1945-1970;
The Uneasy Relationship: Britain and South Africa; and
South Africa's Foreign Policy: The Search for Status and Security. He has also published on British politics including
The Prime Minister since 1945.
