1st Edition

West European Prime Ministers

Edited By G.W. Jones Copyright 1991
198 Pages
by Routledge

198 Pages
by Routledge

West European Prime Ministers (1991) examines the roles played by the prime ministers of seven West European countries: Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Holland and Ireland. In addition three general chapters provide a comparative perspective. The main focus is on the power of the prime ministers. Their many and various resources, such as their formal authority, their political... Read more

1. The Study of Prime Ministers: A Framework for Analysis G.W. Jones  2. Prime Ministers in Parliamentary Democracies Richard Rose  3. The British Prime Ministership in the Age of the Career Politician Anthony King  4. The Resources of a German Chancellor Gordon Smith  5. France: The Limits to Prime-ministerial Government in a Semi-presidential System Robert Elgie and Howard Machin  6. The Italian Prime Minister David Hine and Renato Finocchi  7. Governing a New Democracy: The Power of the Prime Minister in Spain Paul Heywood  8. The Dutch Prime Minister: Not Just Chairman, Not Yet Chief? Rudy B. Andeweg  9. An Taoiseach: The Irish Prime Minister Brendan O’Leary  10. West European Prime Ministers in Perspective G.W. Jones

Biography

G.W. Jones was Professor of Government at the London School of Economics and Political Science. The author of several books on government, he was also a parliamentary candidate at the British General Election of 1964.