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The Prime Ministers' Craft - Why Some Succeed and Others Fail in Westminster Systems (Hardcover)
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The Prime Ministers' Craft - Why Some Succeed and Others Fail in Westminster Systems (Hardcover)
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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.
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