British prime ministers and democracy [[electronic resource] ] : from Disraeli to Blair / / Roland Quinault

• Autore: Quinault Roland
• Pubblicazione: London, : Continuum, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (302 p.)
• Disciplina: 941.0099
• Soggetto topico: Prime ministers - Great Britain; Representative government and representation - Great Britain
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: British prime ministers and democracy
• ISBN: 1-283-27148-6; 9786613271488; 1-4411-1105-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910459716503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II