Legislative Bodies, 20th Century British History - Politics & Government, Presidents of the United States - General & Miscellaneous, Democracies & Republics - General & Miscellaneous, Great Britain - Polititcs, Government & Law - General, U.S. Politics -
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Overview
Has the presidentialization of British electoral politics now penetrated other institutional and governmental relationships? This book argues it has in respect of the prime ministerial advisory system. The prime minister has become a president in the eyes of the electorate but remains a prime minister according to the constitution. To bridge this gap between their political and constitutional positions prime ministers have been forced to stretch the constitutional rules about advice, and presidentialize their advisory systems.Editorials
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Pryce (politics, U. of Nottingham) argues that the advisory systems of British prime ministers have in recent decades become as influenced by American styles of politics as the election campaigns. She reviews the constitutional propriety and politics of advice to the British executive; explains the American presidential model; then details the systems of Harold Wilson, Edward Heath, James Callaghan, and Margaret Thatcher, stretching from 1964 to 1990. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.Book Details
Published
August 29, 1997
Publisher
Houndmills, Basingstoke : Macmillan ; 1997.
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780333681855