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Author: Donald J. Savoie
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 1999-01-01
Total Pages: 460
ISBN-13: 9780802082527
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAgencies and policies instituted to streamline Ottawa's planning process instead concentrate power in the hands of the Prime Minister, more powerful in Canadian politics than the U.S. President in America. Riveting, startling, and indispensable reading.
Author: Anthony Seldon
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2024-03-14
Total Pages: 569
ISBN-13: 1009429779
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOver 300 years, fifty-seven individuals have held the office of British Prime Minister - who have been the best and worst?
Author: Canada. Commission of Inquiry into the Sponsorship Program and Advertising Activities
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Published: 2006
Total Pages: 264
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis report is concerned exclusively with the Gomery Commission's second mandate: to make recommendations, based on the factual findings of its first report, on a series of issues such as government transparency & accountability, the relationship between public servants and politicians, and the responsibilities that should be assigned to Parliament & parliamentarians. Part one outlines the reforms introduced by the federal government since the Commission was established in February 2004 and the suggestions the Commission heard from Canadians about what they felt should be done about accountability & transparency in government and other issues considered in the first report. Part two has five sections covering accountability issues, including the fundamental bases for the responsibilities & accountabilities of Ministers & senior public servants, the capacity of Parliament to hold the government to account, and the roles of the Prime Minister, Ministers, exempt staff, the Privy Council Office, and the Clerk of the Privy Council. Part three deals with more specific issues such as the future management of advertising & sponsorship activities as well as lobbying. It assesses measures to improve transparency, including legislative initiatives pertaining to information access, whistleblowing, sanctions related to failure to fulfil financial administration obligations, appointments to Crown corporations, and internal audits. Part four contains the Commission's consolidated recommendations which are also found throughout the report. The recommendations are designed to rebalance the relationship between Parliament & government, better assign responsibility, and strengthen accountability in the public interest.
Author: Peter Hennessy
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2001-10-05
Total Pages: 740
ISBN-13: 9780312293130
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHe illuminates, often for the first time, precise Prime Ministerial attitudes toward, and authority over, nuclear weapons policy, the planning and waging of war, and the secret services, as well as dealing with governmental overload, the Suez crisis, and the "Soviet threat." He concludes with a controversial assessment of the relative performance of each Prime Minister since 1945 and a new specification for the premiership as it meets its fourth century."--BOOK JACKET.
Author: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons
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Published: 2001-01
Total Pages: 8
ISBN-13: 9780215700445
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis Private Member's Bill contains provisions relating to: the appointment of the Prime Minister; the term of office; the functions of the post and accountability to Parliament; the power to delegate functions; the power to appoint staff or make appointments elsewhere in the civil service or public bodies; the use of Crown prerogative powers; a duty to behave lawfully, subject to the authority of the House of Commons; and public policy statements.
Author: Ayesha Hazarika
Publisher: Biteback Publishing
Published: 2018-05-17
Total Pages: 233
ISBN-13: 1785903586
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPrime Minister's Questions is the bear pit of British politics. Watched and admired around the world, it is often hated at home for bringing out the worst in our politicians. Yet despite successive leaders trying to get away from Punch and Judy politics, it's here to stay. Ayesha Hazarika and Tom Hamilton spent five years preparing Ed Miliband for the weekly joust, living through the highs and lows, tension and black humour of the political front line. In this insightful and often hilarious book, including an updated afterword discussing the key events of 2018, they lift the lid on PMQs and what it's really like to ready the leader for combat. Drawing on personal recollections from key players including Tony Blair, David Cameron, Harriet Harman, William Hague and Vince Cable alongside their unique knowledge, Hazarika and Hamilton take you behind the scenes of some of the biggest PMQs moments.
Author: Brian Farrell
Publisher: [Dublin] : Gill and MacMillan
Published: 1971
Total Pages: 140
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Mark Garnett
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2021-05-03
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781509539369
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEven before the prolonged political crisis triggered by the 2016 EU referendum, and the unprecedented challenges to government posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, one could argue that a Prime Minister’s opportunities had become heavily compromised by unrealistic media-driven public expectations. In this timely book, leading analyst of UK politics Mark Garnett provides a re-assessment of the role of the British Prime Minister, from Margaret Thatcher’s controversial tenure to Boris Johnson’s autocratic post-Brexit regime. Taking a thematic approach, he explores the impact of major political developments and personalities on key aspects of the prime ministerial function 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 inevitable political prominence and his or her – often limited - ability to achieve positive policy outcomes. In view of the enforced resignations of David Cameron and Theresa May since the referendum, the book questions whether the nature of the job has become a deterrent for politicians who hope to find personal satisfaction in public service, opening the way for individuals with much less laudable motivations.
Author: L. Helms
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2004-12-07
Total Pages: 321
ISBN-13: 0230502911
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHow have the American presidency, the British premiership and the German chancellorship changed over the last half-century? Has there been convergence or divergence in the development of political leadership in the United States and in the two largest democracies of Western Europe? And what difference can individual leaders make in an ever-more complex political environment? Presidents, Prime Ministers and Chancellors addresses these questions by looking at the leadership performance of more than two dozen American presidents, British prime ministers and German chancellors of the post-1945 period. In so doing, it offers a unique perspective on the nature of executive leadership in Western democracies that takes into account both the international and the historical dimension of comparison.
Author: Jean Blondel
Publisher: Springer
Published: 1991-06-18
Total Pages: 228
ISBN-13: 1349113956
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDespite the apparent political similarities in Western Europe, the models of cabinet government employed by different nations vary. In exploring the ministerial profession, this text reveals the political traditions and the different needs and expectations of citizen and politician alike.
