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Disjunctive Prime Ministerial Leadership in British Politics Christopher Byrne

Disjunctive Prime Ministerial Leadership in British Politics By Christopher Byrne

Disjunctive Prime Ministerial Leadership in British Politics by Christopher Byrne


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This book illustrates the cyclical pattern in the kinds of dilemmas that confront political leaders and, in particular, disjunctive political leaders affiliated with vulnerable political regimes.

Disjunctive Prime Ministerial Leadership in British Politics Summary

Disjunctive Prime Ministerial Leadership in British Politics: From Baldwin to Brexit by Christopher Byrne

This book illustrates the cyclical pattern in the kinds of dilemmas that confront political leaders and, in particular, disjunctive political leaders affiliated with vulnerable political regimes. The volume covers three major episodes in disjunction: the interwar crisis between 1923 and 1940, afflicting Stanley Baldwin, Ramsay MacDonald and Neville Chamberlain; the collapse of Keynesian welfarism between 1970 and 1979, dealt with by Edward Heath, Harold Wilson and James Callaghan; and the ongoing crisis of neoliberalism beginning in 2008, affecting Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Theresa May. Based on this series of case studies of disjunctive prime ministers, the authors conclude that effective disjunctive leadership is premised on judicious use of the prime ministerial toolkit in terms of deciding whether, when and where to act, effective diagnostic and choice framing, and the ability to manage both crises and regimes.

About Christopher Byrne

Christopher Byrne is Lecturer in Politics in the School of Social Sciences at Leeds Beckett University, UK. His work has been published in several edited collections and in the journals British Politics, Parliamentary Affairs, The British Journal of Politics and International Relations, and Policy & Politics. He is also the author of Neoliberalisms in British Politics (2018).

Nick Randall is Senior Lecturer in British Politics at Newcastle University, UK. His work has been published in several edited collections and in journals including British Politics, Political Quarterly, and Parliamentary Affairs.

Kevin Theakston is Professor of British Government in the School of Politics and International Studies (POLIS) at the University of Leeds, UK. He has published ten books including Winston Churchill and the British Constitution (2004), After Number Ten: Former Prime Ministers in British Politics (2010) and William Armstrong and British Policy Making (2018).

Table of Contents

1. Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Introduction1.2 Prime ministerial agency in political time1.2.1 Framing political problems1.2.2 Whether to act1.2.3 When to act1.2.4 Where to act1.2.5 How to act1.2.6 How to justify decisions
2. Chapter 2 Disjunctive Leadership in Interwar Britain: Stanley Baldwin, Ramsay MacDonald, and Neville Chamberlain2.1 The Interwar regime2.2 Vulnerabilities of the interwar regime2.3 Baldwin's first term2.4 MacDonald's first term2.5 Baldwin's second term, 1924-292.6 MacDonald's premierships, 1929-352.7 Baldwin's final term2.8 Chamberlain's premiership2.9 Baldwin, Macdonald, Chamberlain and the interwar regime2.10 Conclusion
3. Chapter 3 The collapse of Keynesian Welfarism 1970-79: Heath, Wilson, Callaghan3.1 The Keynesian welfare state regime3.2 Regime Vulnerability 1970-793.3 Edward Heath's technocratic modernization3.4 Harold Wilson: 'a problem shelved is a problem solved'3.5 James Callaghan's pragmatic stabilisation and crisis-management3.6 Conclusion
4. Chapter 4 The collapse of the neoliberal consensus 2008-19: Brown, Cameron, May4.1 Introduction4.2 The neoliberal regime4.3 Vulnerabilities in the neoliberal regime4.4 Gordon Brown and the financial crisis: a Fourth Way?4.5 Cameron: Blairism after the crash?4.6 Theresa May, Brexit and Corbynism: an impossible leadership situation?4.7 Conclusion
5. Chapter 5 Conclusion: Evaluating Disjunctive Prime Ministerial Leadership5.1 Introduction5.2 Refining Skowronek's account of political time5.3 The agency of disjunctive prime ministers5.3.1 Framing political problems5.3.2 Whether to act5.3.3 When to act5.3.4 Where to act5.3.5 How to act5.3.6 How to justify decisions5.3.7 Evaluating disjunctive prime ministerial leadership5.3.8 Conclusion

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NPB9783030449100
9783030449100
3030449106
Disjunctive Prime Ministerial Leadership in British Politics: From Baldwin to Brexit by Christopher Byrne
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Hardback
Springer Nature Switzerland AG
2020-06-26
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