About this title: In the days when Winston Churchill and Clement Attlee faced each other in the House of Commons, there was disagreement about whose hands should be on the Mace, the symbol of power at Westminster. Everyone assumed that the hands on the Mace would be British. In the past half century, the Prime Minister's power at Westminster has increased greatly, but it has diminished in the worlds beyond. In Westminster, the Prime Minister is now first without equal. But in councils of the European Union, he or she is only one among fifteen national leaders. In a shrinking world the chief issues facing ...
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Edition: Not Given
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Polity Press, Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780745627304ISBN:0745627307
Description: Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. "Richard Rose has an unusual ability to look at familiar quaetions about power-and its exercise in Downing Street-from a fresh, and invariably provocative, perspective. In THE PRIME MINISTER IN A SHRINKING WORLD he highlights the global constraints on even a Prime Minister who dominates Whitehall and Westminster. " {Peter Riddell}. This book has 282 pages and is illustrated. The book has less than a dozen pages with yellow highlighting, in no way effecting the ... read more
Edition: Not Given
Binding: Pictorial Softcover
Publisher: Polity Press, Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780745627304ISBN:0745627307
Description: Fine. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" Tall. "Richard Rose has an unusual ability to look at familiar questions about power-and its exercise in Downing Street-from a fresh, and invariably provocative, perspective. In THE PRIME MINISTER IN A SHRINKING WORLD he highlights the global constraints on even a Prime Minister who dominates Whitehall and Westminster. " {Peter Riddell}. This book has 282 pages and is illustrated. The text contains NO internal marks whatsoever. read more
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