The Political Leadership Of Prime Minister John Major

Author : Thomas McMeeking
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030589382
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Political Leadership of Prime Minister John Major written by Thomas McMeeking and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-12-11 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : John Major
Publisher : Harper
ISBN 13 : 9780060196141
Total Pages : 800 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book John Major written by John Major and published by Harper. This book was released on 1999-11-09 with total page 800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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
Publisher : Biteback Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1785902717
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book John Major: An Unsuccessful Prime Minister? written by Kevin Hickson and published by Biteback Publishing. This book was released on 2017-05-23 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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
ISBN 13 : 3319899538
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The British Prime Minister in the Core Executive written by Birgit Bujard and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-07-21 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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
ISBN 13 : 9780719050169
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The British Presidency written by Michael Foley and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : L. Helms
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230502911
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Presidents, Prime Ministers and Chancellors written by L. Helms and published by Springer. This book was released on 2004-12-07 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : M. Bennister
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230378447
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Prime Ministers in Power written by M. Bennister and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-03-20 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Michael Foley
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780719063176
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book John Major, Tony Blair and a Conflict of Leadership written by Michael Foley and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Dennis Kavanagh
Publisher : Pan
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Major Effect written by Dennis Kavanagh and published by Pan. This book was released on 1994 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Timothy Heppell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Conservative Party Leadership of John Major 1992 to 1997 written by Timothy Heppell and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers an innovative and distinctive analysis of the Conservative Party Leadership of John Major. It addresses the absence of an in depth exploration of the much maligned, but largely misunderstood, Conservative Party Leadership tenure of John Major. A comprehensive and accessible evaluation of the complexity of managing the tensions of the post-Thatcherite Conservative Party, this book breaks new ground and provides a compelling insight into the crisis of contemporary British Conservatism.