The Prime Minister since 1945

Author(s)

• Barber, James

Bibliographic Information

The Prime Minister since 1945

James Barber

（Making contemporary Britain）

Blackwell, 1991

Note

Includes bibliography and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Since 1945 there have been nine Prime Ministers of Britain. This book outlines and analyzes the way the office has developed in the past 45 years. It considers the social backgrounds, image, relations with cabinets, role in policy making, and power of the men and woman who have occupied this office. The text examines the way power was gained, and the means used to keep it. It shows how different personalities used the office, and discusses the effect that their various styles had on the constitution.

Table of Contents

• 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.

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Details

• NCID: BA12969949
• ISBN:
  • 0631177949
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Oxford
• Pages/Volumes: 148 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : DA566.7
  • DC20 : 941.0820922
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA04310047