The Prime Ministers' Craft: Why Some Succeed and Others Fail in Westminster Systems

ISBN-13: 9780199646203 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 288 str.

Patrick Weller

Opis

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.

Recenzje

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.

O autorze

Patrick Weller is Professor Emeritus, Centre for Governance and Public Policy, School of Government and International Relations, Griffith University. He is the author or co-author of some 20 books on Australian politics, comparative politics, and international organization, including First among Equals (Allen and Unwin,1985), Malcolm Fraser: Prime Minister (Penguin, 1989) Cabinet Government in Australia 1900 to 2006 ( 2007), Westminster Compared (co-authored with R.A.W. Rhodes and John Wanna, 2009), and Kevin Rudd: Twice Prime Minister (Melbourne, University Press, 2014).