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In this timely book, Mark Garnett provides a bracing reassessment of the role of the British Prime Minister, from Margaret Thatcher's controversial tenure to Boris Johnson's attempt to confront a pandemic with a ministerial team created to face the very different challenge of Brexit. Taking a thematic approach, Garnett explores the impact of major political developments and personalities on key aspects of prime ministerial functions as party leader, Cabinet-maker, chief diplomat and electoral talisman. Much of the controversy over the position of Prime Minister, he concludes, arises from a confusion between the occupant's inescapable political prominence and his or her - often limited - ability to achieve positive policy outcomes. With both David Cameron and Theresa May forced to resign since 2016, the book questions whether the nature of the job has become a deterrent for politicians who are motivated by a desire to serve the British public, opening the way for individuals with much less laudable motivations.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Politics & government

• Full title: British Prime Minister in an Age of Upheaval
• Author: Mark Garnett
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 288
• EAN: 9781509539352
• ISBN: 1509539352
• ID: 33338876
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Weight: 552 g
• Dimensions: 250 × 151 × 26 mm
• Date of publishing: 19. March 2021

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