Presidentializing the Premiership: The Prime Ministerial Advisory System and the Constitution

Pryce, S.

Has the presidentialization of British electoral politics now penetrated other institutional and governmental relationships? This book argues it has in respect of the prime ministerial advisory system. The prime minister has become a president in the eyes of the electorate but remains a prime minister according to the constitution. To bridge this gap between their political and constitutional positions prime ministers have been forced to stretch the constitutional rules about advice, and presidentialize their advisory systems.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 1997-08-29

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780333681855

DOI: 10.1057/9780230379992

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 228