The Political Leadership Of Prime Minister John Major

Author : Thomas McMeeking
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3030589390

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The Political Leadership of Prime Minister John Major by Thomas McMeeking Pdf

This book seeks to re-examine John Major's leadership using techniques developed through Presidential studies: namely using Fred Greenstein's seminal study of Presidential leadership, The Presidential Difference, and its six criteria for leadership (public communicator, organisational capacity, political skill, public policy vision, cognitive style, and, finally, emotional intelligence). It is through Greenstein's model that a fresh look can be taken at not only Major's time in office, but equally the man himself, which proves to be just as revealing. Major's tenure has often been characterised as being weak and incompetent, as he presided over a sleaze-ridden and divided party on the issue of Europe. With almost a quarter of a century having passed since Major left office, it looks to be an appropriate moment to re-assess his premiership and important role in the recent seismic events surrounding the 2016 Brexit referendum and its outcome. Thomas McMeeking is a researcher and teaching assistant at University of Leeds, UK. His interests include: Political Parties, Prime Ministerial and Presidential Leadership studies, and UK and International Politics. .

Author : John Major
Publisher : Harper
Page : 800 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1999-11-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0060196149

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John Major by John Major Pdf

John Major's autobiography is one of the most personal and revealing ever written by a former British Prime Minister. Eagerly awaited, the remarkable story of his life, from an extraordinary childhood to becoming an influential leader at the forefront of global politics and subsequent fall, is candid, scrupulous, and unsparing. With complete candor and compelling insight, Major describes how he left school at fifteen, was unemployed, and through hard work and determination was elected to Parliament as a member of Margaret Thatcher's Conservative Party, which would transform Britain. Quickly becoming one of Thatcher's Cabinet members, he served as Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Foreign Secretary, and then Chancellor of the Exchequer, the powerful position from which he vaulted to Prime Minister in 1990 when, after Thatcher fell, he fought and won a shrewd campaign to succeed her. Major vividly recounts his role in shaping some of the most profound world events, including conferring with George Bush on the Gulf War, making the most decisive steps in a generation toward peace in Northern Ireland, leading Britain through the formation of the European Upon, and calling a general election in 1992 in which his party won the most votes in British political history. Yet within months of the 1992 election his government was in troubled waters, and Major is candid about his difficulties and losses and the controversies and divisions within his own party. Through it all, including the landslide defeat of his Conservative Party on May 1, 1997, and his immediate stepping down as party leader and Prime Minister, John Major acted with a dignity rare in politics. As he talks about his leadership triumphs and defeats and his work with a diverse range of inter-national figures including George Bush, Bill Clinton, Mikhail Gorbachev, Boris Yeltsin, Helmut Kohl, and Nelson Mandela, he offers invaluable insight into how political power is exercised both in the United Kingdom and abroad. Here is a fascinating story of a man, his passion for politics, and the genuine and significant contributions he has made to the lives ofthe British and people around the world.

Author : Kevin Hickson,Ben Williams
Publisher : Biteback Publishing
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2017-05-23
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781785902710

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John Major: An Unsuccessful Prime Minister? by Kevin Hickson,Ben Williams Pdf

This year marks the twentieth anniversary of one of the most momentous general elections this country has ever seen. John Major's defeat in 1997 ended a record eighteen years of Tory government, prompting accusations of failure and ignominy. A controversial leader, Major oversaw numerous crises in international and domestic policy. Between 1990 and 1997, he presided over Britain's participations in the Gulf War, the start of the Northern Ireland peace process, the Maastricht Treaty negotiations and, famously, Black Wednesday and Britain's exit from the ERM. Towards the end, Major's government was split over Europe and ridden with allegations of sleaze. Widely criticised by the media and politicians from all parties, Major went on to be crushed by Tony Blair and New Labour in the 1997 general election. An Unsuccessful Prime Minister? is the first wide-ranging appraisal of John Major's government in nearly two decades. This book reconsiders the role of John Major as Prime Minister and the policy achievements of his government. Major's government faced many more constraints and left behind a more enduring legacy than his critics allowed at the time or since.

Author : Birgit Bujard
Publisher : Springer
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2018-07-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319899534

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The British Prime Minister in the Core Executive by Birgit Bujard Pdf

This book examines the UK prime minister’s political leadership in the domestic executive. By offering a comparative study of the political leadership of James Callaghan, Margaret Thatcher, John Major and Tony Blair with regard to European monetary policy, it challenges the thesis that British prime ministers today have more power, resources and autonomy than their predecessors, giving them a greater capacity to act. Taking key European monetary policy decisions by the British government between 1976 and 2007 as empirical cases, the book assesses the extent to which the political leadership of each prime minister was affected by the cabinet, the parliamentary party as well as the media, and the extent to which he or she was able to manage these factors. It becomes clear from this analysis that prime ministerial predominance is not as frequent as suggested, while collective leadership does not represent a return to cabinet government. Moreover, particularly the party in government affects the prime minister’s leadership by shaping his or her options on appointments (and therefore the composition of the core executive), and through its behaviour in parliament, e.g. through rebellions or the threat of them.

Author : Michael Foley
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0719050162

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The British Presidency by Michael Foley Pdf

The Premiership of Tony Blair has not only reaffirmed previous trends towards leader-centered parties and governments, it has provided a decisive change in the development of a British presidency. The strategies and techniques designed to secure and expand Blair’s public outreach, together with the priority attached to the prime minister’s personal pledges and individual vision have propelled the office into new dimensions of independence. Michael Foley argues that the ascendancy of Blair is not an aberration, but rather a culmination of trends that have established vigorous leadership as a key criterion of political evaluation and governing competence. This edition is completely up-to-date, including the first convincing analysis of Tony Blair's leadership style.

Author : Thomas McMeeking
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2021-12-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 3030589404

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The Political Leadership of Prime Minister John Major by Thomas McMeeking Pdf

This book seeks to re-examine John Major’s leadership using techniques developed through Presidential Studies: namely using Fred Greenstein’s seminal study of Presidential Leadership, The Presidential Difference, and its six criteria for leadership (public communicator, organisational capacity, political skill, public policy vision, cognitive style, and, finally, emotional intelligence). It is through Greenstein’s model that a fresh look can be taken at not only Major’s time in office, but equally the man himself, which proves to be just as revealing. Major’s tenure has often been characterised as being weak and incompetent, as he presided over a sleaze-ridden and divided party on the issue of Europe. With almost a quarter of a century having passed since Major left office, it looks to be an appropriate moment to re-assess his premiership and important role in the recent seismic events surrounding the 2016 Brexit referendum and its outcome.

Author : L. Helms
Publisher : Springer
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2004-12-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230502918

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Presidents, Prime Ministers and Chancellors by L. Helms Pdf

How have the American presidency, the British premiership and the German chancellorship changed over the last half-century? Has there been convergence or divergence in the development of political leadership in the United States and in the two largest democracies of Western Europe? And what difference can individual leaders make in an ever-more complex political environment? Presidents, Prime Ministers and Chancellors addresses these questions by looking at the leadership performance of more than two dozen American presidents, British prime ministers and German chancellors of the post-1945 period. In so doing, it offers a unique perspective on the nature of executive leadership in Western democracies that takes into account both the international and the historical dimension of comparison.

Author : Michael Foley
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 0719063175

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John Major, Tony Blair and a Conflict of Leadership by Michael Foley Pdf

This book examines the evolution of leadership in the Labour Party, from Harold Wilson to Tony Blair and looks at the New Labour project from a leadership perspective.

Author : M. Bennister
Publisher : Springer
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230378445

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Prime Ministers in Power by M. Bennister Pdf

A study of prime ministerial leadership in Britain and Australia. Tony Blair and John Howard were election winning leaders in two similar countries. They succeeded in dominating politics for over 10 years, but both fell dramatically from office. This book asks how these prime ministers established such predominant positions.

Author : Dennis Kavanagh,Anthony Seldon
Publisher : Pan
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105009668273

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The Major Effect by Dennis Kavanagh,Anthony Seldon Pdf

John Major's rise to leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister was meteoric and surprising. When he became Chancellor in 1989 few voters knew his name and his replacement of Margaret Thatcher seemed even more bewildering. This book provides an overview of John Major's premiership.

Author : Tina Burrett
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2023-10-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137445902

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Contemporary Prime Ministerial Leadership in Britain and Japan by Tina Burrett Pdf

This book analyses prime ministerial leadership in Britain and Japan since 1980. Exploring the interplay between personal skill, institutional resources and situational context in explaining the varying power and agency of different British and Japanese leaders, it asks whether the skills, strategies and circumstances needed for effective leadership are converging across liberal democracies. Comparing Britain and Japan reveals leadership trends that might otherwise go unobserved. The book addresses questions important to aspiring politicians as well as scholars, including: What accounts for the short tenure of most Japanese prime ministers? Does comparison with Japan explain the rapid turnover in British prime ministers since 2016? How is the influence of party factions on prime ministerial power evolving in Japan? Are British political parties more factional than commonly acknowledged? And how do changes in media technology affect leadership opportunities and constraints? The book draws on the author’s experience as a political researcher in both the British and Japanese parliaments and on interviews with over 40 politicians and political journalists working in both countries.

Author : Thomas A. Hockin
Publisher : Scarborough, Ont. : Prentice-Hall of Canada
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015009048714

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Apex of Power by Thomas A. Hockin Pdf

Author : Leslie Alexander Pal,David Taras
Publisher : Scarborough, Ont. : Prentice-Hall Canada
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39076000869946

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Prime Ministers and Premiers by Leslie Alexander Pal,David Taras Pdf

Author : Philip Stephens
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015060360131

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Tony Blair by Philip Stephens Pdf

In the first ten years as Labour party leader, Tony Blair's image has changed from that of a wide-eyed innocent abroad in the political jungle to - some would say - a warmongering opportunist obsessed with his place in history and showing a barely disguised disdain both for his party and for Parliament.

Author : Michael Foley
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780199685936

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Political Leadership by Michael Foley Pdf

This authoritative volume analyses the practice and impact of political leadership, aiming to position it within a more integrated framework.