The Prime Ministers' Craft
Why Some Succeed and Others Fail in Westminster Systems
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 30 May 2018
- ISBN 9780199646203
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages282 pages
- Size 243x163x24 mm
- Weight 592 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
This volume examines how prime ministers work and the means by which they choose to run their governments, and compares four parliamentary systems (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom) over the past 40 years.
MoreLong description:
Prime ministers are presented as ever-more powerful figures; at the same time they seem to fail more regularly. How can the public image be so different from the apparent experience? This book seeks to answer this conundrum. It examines the myth that prime ministers are growing more powerful or that prime ministerial government has replaced cabinet government, and explores the way that prime ministers work and how they use the available levers of power to build support across the political system. Prime ministers have the potential to exercise extensive power; to do so they need to exercise the skills and opportunities available: that is, they need to develop the prime ministers' craft.
Using evidence from four countries with similar Westminster systems, Australia, Britain, Canada and New Zealand, the analysis starts at the centre by examining how prime ministers reach office and how they understand their new job -- those who win elections see it differently from those who replace leaders from the same party. The book then analyses the support prime ministers have from their Prime Ministers Offices and the Cabinet Offices, exploring their relations with ministers and the way they run and use their cabinet, and explains how governments work and why prime ministers are so central to their success. The book then explores their role as public figures selling the government to the parliament and the electorate and to the international community beyond.
The Prime Ministers' Craft concludes by assessing how success can be judged and identifies how the different institutional arrangements have an impact on the way prime ministers work and the degree to which they are accountable.
Weller compares the experience of the modern PM's role across the "Westminster systems" of New Zealand, the UK, Canada and Australia, producing some (much-needed) fresh insights into the rather claustrophobic world of British politics.
Table of Contents:
Prime Ministers: Conundrums and Dilemmas
Getting There, Staying There
The Job: Assumptions, Visions, and Workloads
The Inner Circle: Prime Ministers and Their Advisers
Prime Ministers and Their Ministers
Prime Ministers and Cabinet Government
Prime Ministers, Party, and Parliament
Prime Ministers and the Public
Prime Ministers as National Leaders
Conclusion: Why Prime Ministers Succeed (Or Not)
