The Prime Minister in a Shrinking World - Rose, Richard
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In the days when Winston Churchill and Clement Attlee faced each other in the House of Commons, there was disagreement about whose hands should be on the Mace, the symbol of power at Westminster. Everyone assumed that the hands on the Mace would be British. In the past half century, the Prime Minister's power at Westminster has increased greatly, but it has diminished in the worlds beyond. In Westminster, the Prime Minister is now first without equal. But in councils of the European Union, he or she is only one among fifteen national leaders. In a shrinking world the chief issues facing…mehr

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In the days when Winston Churchill and Clement Attlee faced each other in the House of Commons, there was disagreement about whose hands should be on the Mace, the symbol of power at Westminster. Everyone assumed that the hands on the Mace would be British. In the past half century, the Prime Minister's power at Westminster has increased greatly, but it has diminished in the worlds beyond. In Westminster, the Prime Minister is now first without equal. But in councils of the European Union, he or she is only one among fifteen national leaders. In a shrinking world the chief issues facing Downing Street today are 'intermestic', an amalgam of domestic politics and international concerns. Tony Blair may say that he is batting for Britain, but cricket skills are no match for an American president playing hard ball, and policy-making in the European Union is definitely not cricket. In an era of television politics, the faces and voices of Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair are familiar to every voter, and the press cooperates in turning politicians into media celebrities. But what you see on the box is politics; it has little to do with the policies of British government. Old-school leaders such as Harold Macmillan devoted as much time to policy as to politics. But new-style prime ministers put politics first. Tony Blair wants to speak for all the British people, but the result is 'managed populism', for his voice travels down a one-way street. In Whitehall, Blair's Third Way blunts the cutting edge of policy, leaving officials puzzled about what to do when hard choices arise, especially about Europe. Anyone interested in politics and current affairs, whether a student or a thoughtful reader and viewer, will find insight and illumination in a book that draws on the author's unrivalled first-hand knowledge of British politics over the past half century. Richard Rose's work has been recognized by a lifetime achievement award from the Political Studies Association. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and director of the Centre for the Study of Public Policy at the University of Strathclyde.
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Autorenporträt
Richard Rose is Director of the Centre for the Study of Public Policy and Sixth Century Chair in Politics at the University of Aberdeen. He is a Fellow of the British Academy.
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'The best-informed analysis of the pressures on and limits of thePrime Minister in the new century.' Dennis Kavanagh, Universityof Liverpool

'Richard Rose has an unusual ability to look at familiarquestions about power - and its exercise in Downing Street - from afresh, and invariably provocative, perspective. In The PrimeMinister in a Shrinking World he highlights the globalconstraints on even a Prime Minister who dominates Whitehall andWestminster.' Peter Riddell, The Times

'Richard Rose is a veteran author of political textbooks, whichare still on university reading lists many years after publication.This one will undoubtedly join them.' Iain Dale, BooksellerBuyers Guide

'The field of political studies is now so thoroughly tilled thatit is quite a challenge to come up with any new perspective. Thefirst thing to be said about Richard Rose's investigation into thecontemporary nature of prime ministerial power is that hesuccessfully contrives to overcome that hurdle ... If the PrimeMinister seriously wants to banish that haunting image of him -initially dreamt up by his friend and mentor, Roy Jenkins - of ayoung man nervously carrying a precious vase across a long,slippery marble floor, then he could do worse than to read (andlearn from) this far from reassuring book.' Anthony Howard, TheSunday Times

'Entertaining.' The Economist

'This book by Richard Rose is possibly the best observation ofthe Prime Minister in relation to the position of Britain in themodern world that I have ever read. Rose draws upon his many yearsof rubbing shoulders with politicians and PMs from Clement Atlee toTony Blair in order to bring this very in-depth look at theprestigious occupier of Number Ten throughout the ages ... A verygood read.' M2 Communications

'The great strength of this book is that Rose draws upon fourdecades of following and analysing British politics to produce abook that is full of insight and marvellous anecodotes ... it is agood read.' British Politics Group Newsletter

'This book provides a sound warning of the perils a PrimeMinister faces vis-a-vis his colleagues, his MPs, civilservants, the media and the public at large ... The book abounds indelightful quotes and the author's own bon mots.'Frontline

'This is a book for the student and the general reader - arefreshing example of political science with its hair down ... Thebook is both informative and a pleasure to read.' Times LiterarySupplement

'This book by Richard Rose is possibly the best observation ofthe Prime Minister in relation to the position of Britain in themodern world that I have ever read.' M2 Best Books

'The nature of the constraints facing British Prime Ministers,and their implications for the contemporary premiership, areexplored by Richard Rose with great clarity and enthusiasm. Assuch, The Prime Minister in a Shrinking World thoroughlydeserves to become a classic text on the British premiership, andone that will remain highly relevant for very many years to come'Talking Politics

"Rose admirably demonstrates how prime-ministerial power hasincreased at Westminster while diminishing internationally."Parliamentary Affairs…mehr