Title: The rise of the British presidency /
Authors: Foley, Michael, 1948-
Publisher: Manchester University Press ; Distributed exclusively in the USA and Canada by St. Martin's Press,
Year: 1993
Subjects: Thatcher, Margaret.; Prime ministers Great Britain.; Presidents United States; Great Britain Politics and government
Contents: 1. Prime ministerial government and the presidential analogy -- 2. Outsiders and spatial leadership in modern American politics -- 3. Outsiders and spatial leadership in modern British politics -- 4. Going public and getting personal in the United States and Britain -- 5. Leadership stretch in Britain -- 6. The presidency and the premiership: power, nation and constitution -- 7. Thatcher, Heseltine, Hurd and Major: presidential politics and the 1990 leadership contest -- 8. The post-Thatcher premiership and the 1992 general election -- 9. The rise of the British presidency.