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Autore |
Quinault Roland |
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Titolo |
British prime ministers and democracy [[electronic resource] ] : from Disraeli to Blair / / Roland Quinault |
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London, : Continuum, 2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-27148-6 |
9786613271488 |
1-4411-1105-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (302 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Prime ministers - Great Britain |
Representative government and representation - Great Britain |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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CONTENTS; The Prime Ministers and their Ministries; Acknowledgements; About the author; Introduction; 1 Benjamin Disraeli; 2 William Gladstone; 3 Robert Cecil, Lord Salisbury; 4 David Lloyd George; 5 Stanley Baldwin; 6 Ramsay MacDonald; 7 Winston Churchill; 8 Clement Attlee; 9 Margaret Thatcher; 10 Tony Blair; Conclusion; Notes; Index |
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Today representative democracy is the dominant political system in the world. Britain played a prominent part in the democratization of the world through both its constitutional reforms at home and its power and influence abroad. In that process, Prime Ministers played a prominent role through their power and influence in government, Parliament and the country more generally. Quinault examines the stance of ten leading Prime Ministers - from the mid-nineteenth century until the twenty-first century - on the theory and practice of democracy. The attitude of each Prime Minister is assessed by co |
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