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Presidentializing the Premiership

The Prime Ministerial Advisory System and the Constitution

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  • © 1997

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Authors:
  1. Sue Pryce

    1. Department of Politics, University of Nottingham, UK

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    • Sue Pryce
    Pages 1-5

  3. Constitutional Propriety and the Politics of Advice to the Executive in Britain

    • Sue Pryce
    Pages 6-21

  4. An American Presidential Model

    • Sue Pryce
    Pages 22-45

  5. Harold Wilson 1964–70: A Presidential Premier

    • Sue Pryce
    Pages 46-82

  6. Edward Heath 1970–4: A Counter-Revolutionary?

    • Sue Pryce
    Pages 83-114

  7. Harold Wilson 1974–6: A Presidentializing Premier

    • Sue Pryce
    Pages 115-146

  8. James Callaghan 1976–9: A Caretaker

    • Sue Pryce
    Pages 147-162

  9. Margaret Thatcher 1979–90: An Outsider

    • Sue Pryce
    Pages 163-191

  10. Conclusion

    • Sue Pryce
    Pages 192-203

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 204-228
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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.

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  • Department of Politics, University of Nottingham, UK

    Sue Pryce

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