K. Theakston

After Number 10

Former Prime Ministers in British Politics

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Having lost an election, been thrown out by their party, or retired on grounds of ill-health, what do former British prime ministers do? In the first book to look at the lives, political roles and influence of former prime ministers, Theakston analyzes all the former prime ministers from Walpole in the 18th century to Blair today.

Produktdetails

• Understanding Governance
• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-0-230-20218-4
• 2010
• Seitenzahl: 269
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Mai 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 140mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 473g
• ISBN-13: 9780230202184
• ISBN-10: 0230202187
• Artikelnr.: 30881708

Autorenporträt

KEVIN THEAKSTON is Professor of British Government at the University of Leeds, UK and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. His previous books include: Leadership in Whitehall (1999), Winston Churchill and the British Constitution (2004), and (edited) British Foreign Secretaries Since 1974 (2004).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Walpole to Shelburne Addington to Melbourne Peel to Rosebery Salisbury to Asquith LLoyd George to Chamberlain Attlee to Douglas-Home Heath to Callaghan Thatcher to Blair Comparative Perspectives

Rezensionen

'This is a most fascinating, superbly readable book.' - Journal of Liberal History