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Presidentializing the Premiership S. Pryce

Presidentializing the Premiership By S. Pryce

Presidentializing the Premiership by S. Pryce


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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.

Presidentializing the Premiership Summary

Presidentializing the Premiership: The Prime Ministerial Advisory System and the Constitution by S. Pryce

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.

About S. Pryce

SUE PRYCE

Table of Contents

Introduction - Constitutional Propriety and the Politics of Advice to the Executive in Britain - An American Presidential Model - Wilson 1964-70: A Presidential Premier - Edward Heath 1970-74: A Counter-Revolutionary - Harold Wilson 1975-76: A Presidentializing Premier - James Callaghan 1976-79: A Caretaker - Margaret Thatcher 1979-90: An Outsider - Conclusion - Index

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GOR013501558
9780333681855
0333681851
Presidentializing the Premiership: The Prime Ministerial Advisory System and the Constitution by S. Pryce
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Palgrave Macmillan
1997-08-29
228
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