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Understanding prime-ministerial performance : comparative perspectives /

Prime ministers stand at the apex of government and loom large in the consciousness of the nations they lead. This book examines how prime ministers operate and how their performance as public leaders can be understood and evaluated.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Strangio, Paul, Hart, Paul 't, Walter, James
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Subjects:
Prime ministers.
Political leadership.
Premiers ministres.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies > Democracy.
Political leadership
Prime ministers
Premiärministrar.
Politiskt ledarskap.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Prime Ministers and the Performance of Public Leadership / James Walter
  • pt. I Understanding Power in Prime-Ministerial Performance: Introduction to Part I (the editors)
  • 2. Personal Style, Institutional Setting and Historical Opportunity: Prime-Ministerial Performance in Context / James Walter
  • 3. Prime-Ministerial Power: Institutional and Personal Factors / Keith Dowding
  • 4. The Politics Prime Ministers Make: Political Time and Executive Leadership in Westminster Systems / Brendan McCaffrie
  • 5. Gendering Prime-Ministerial Power / Patricia Lee Sykes
  • pt. II Prime Ministers and their Parties: Introduction to Part II (the editors)
  • 6. Prime Ministers and their Parties in the United Kingdom / Timothy Heppell
  • 7. Prime Ministers and their Parties in Canada / Jonathan Malloy
  • 8. Prime Ministers and their Parties in Australia / Judith Brett
  • 9. Prime Ministers and their Parties in New Zealand / Jon Johansson.
  • Note continued: pt. III Evaluating Prime-Ministerial Performance: Introduction to Part III (the editors)
  • 10. Evaluating Prime-Ministerial Performance: The British Experience / Kevin Theakston
  • 11. Evaluating Prime-Ministerial Performance: The Canadian Experience / Norman Hillmer
  • 12. Evaluating Prime-Ministerial Performance: The Australian Experience / Paul Strangio
  • 13. Evaluating Prime-Ministerial Performance: The New Zealand Experience / Stephen Levine
  • 14. From Prime-Ministerial Leadership to Court Politics / R.A.W. Rhodes.