Premiership : The Development, Nature and Power of the Office of the British Prime Minister

The office of Prime Minister stands at the apex of the British political system. An undertsanding of this post is essential to all who are -- or aspire to be -- within government, or who observie it from outside. This book combines the methods of history and political science to produce theories of the development, nature and power of the premiership, and to explain the implications for present politicians and analysts. It is essential reading for for academics, students, journalists and all who are working in or intersted in politics.

Peter Hennssy, Attlee Professor of contemporary British History, Queen Marry, University of Londo
Kevin Keakston, Professor of British government, Univesity of Leeds
Paul Langford, rector of Lincoln College, Oxford and professor of Modern Hisotry, University of Oxford