West European Prime Ministers

1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-041-08009-1
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 198 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 470 g

Reihe: Routledge Library Editions: Politics of the European Union

West European Prime Ministers (1991) examines the roles played by the prime ministers of seven West European countries: Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Holland and Ireland. In addition three general chapters provide a comparative perspective. The main focus is on the power of the prime ministers. Their many and various resources, such as their formal authority, their political influence, their administrative support and their personal skills, and the constraints on their use of these powers, are all examined and analysed. The book also examines the people and organisations prime ministers have dealings with, from cabinets, ministers, parliaments and parties to the civil service, pressure groups and the public, and appraises how well other power centres are resources or supports for the prime minister. It explores the backgrounds and career patterns of prime ministers and the part they play in different policy areas. It assesses trends in prime-ministerial power over the last decade, and reveals the significance of the personality of the prime minister.

Zielgruppe

Academic, Adult education, General, Postgraduate, Undergraduate Advanced, and Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jones, G. W.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Nationale und Internationale Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Außenpolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Zentralregierung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Study of Prime Ministers: A Framework for Analysis G.W. Jones 2. Prime Ministers in Parliamentary Democracies Richard Rose 3. The British Prime Ministership in the Age of the Career Politician Anthony King 4. The Resources of a German Chancellor Gordon Smith  5. France: The Limits to Prime-ministerial Government in a Semi-presidential System Robert Elgie and Howard Machin 6. The Italian Prime Minister David Hine and Renato Finocchi 7. Governing a New Democracy: The Power of the Prime Minister in Spain Paul Heywood 8. The Dutch Prime Minister: Not Just Chairman, Not Yet Chief? Rudy B. Andeweg 9. An Taoiseach: The Irish Prime Minister Brendan O’Leary  10. West European Prime Ministers in Perspective G.W. Jones

Über Autor(innen)

G.W. Jones was Professor of Government at the London School of Economics and Political Science. The author of several books on government, he was also a parliamentary candidate at the British General Election of 1964.