Presidentializing the Premiership

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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Zusammenfassung
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.

Inhalt
Introduction - Constitutional Propriety and the Politics of Advice to the Executive in Britain - An American Presidential Model - Wilson 1964-70: A Presidential Premier - Edward Heath 1970-74: A Counter-Revolutionary - Harold Wilson 1975-76: A Presidentializing Premier - James Callaghan 1976-79: A Caretaker - Margaret Thatcher 1979-90: An Outsider - Conclusion - Index