British Prime Ministers and Democracy
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British Prime Ministers and Democracy

From Disraeli to Blair

  1. 304 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

British Prime Ministers and Democracy

From Disraeli to Blair

About this book

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 considering their general views on democracy and their use of that term and concept in their discourse and thereby their role in advancing or resisting democratic political change. Particular attention is paid to their role in electoral reform, together with their stance on the composition and powers of the House of Lords and the role of the monarchy in the governing process. Their attitudes to the democratic aspects of some major international issues are also considered.

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Information

Publisher
Continuum
Year
2011
Print ISBN
9781441187802
eBook ISBN
9781441111050
Edition
1
Topic
History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. The Prime Ministers and their Ministries
  3. Acknowledgements
  4. About the author
  5. Introduction
  6. Benjamin Disraeli
  7. William Gladstone
  8. Robert Cecil, Lord Salisbury
  9. David Lloyd George
  10. Stanley Baldwin
  11. Ramsay MacDonald
  12. Winston Churchill
  13. Clement Attlee
  14. Margaret Thatcher
  15. Tony Blair
  16. Conclusion
  17. Notes
  18. Index