LEADER 02698nam 2200589 a 450 001 9910459716503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-27148-6 010 $a9786613271488 010 $a1-4411-1105-0 035 $a(CKB)2670000000077495 035 $a(EBL)674936 035 $a(OCoLC)710974929 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000517337 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12184829 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000517337 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10488204 035 $a(PQKB)10470278 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC674936 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL674936 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10459939 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL327148 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000077495 100 $a20110418d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBritish prime ministers and democracy$b[electronic resource] $efrom Disraeli to Blair /$fRoland Quinault 210 $aLondon $cContinuum$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (302 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4411-8780-4 311 $a1-4411-0428-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCONTENTS; 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 330 $aToday 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 606 $aPrime ministers$zGreat Britain 606 $aRepresentative government and representation$zGreat Britain 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPrime ministers 615 0$aRepresentative government and representation 676 $a941.0099 700 $aQuinault$b Roland$0970155 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910459716503321 996 $aBritish prime ministers and democracy$92205142 997 $aUNINA