Examines the UK prime minister's political leadership in the domestic executive
Offers a comparative study of the political leadership of James Callaghan, Margaret Thatcher, John Major and Tony Blair with regard to European monetary policy
Challenges the thesis that British prime ministers today have more power, resources and autonomy than their predecessors

Autorentext

Birgit Bujard is managing director of the German Society for Online Research (DGOF). Her research in political science focuses on British European policy and the relationship between Great Britain and the European Union.

Inhalt
Preface.- Acknowledgements.- Prime Ministerial Political Leadership and British European Policy An Introduction.- Theoretical Framework: Prime Ministerial Political Leadership in the British Political System.- The United Kingdom and European Monetary Policy 19762007: Exchange Rate Mechanism and Economic and Monetary Union.- European Policy-making and Coordination in Executive and Legislature 19762007.- Attitudes to European Integration.- Prime Ministerial Resources.- Prime Minister's Office and Cabinet Office as Institutional Resources of the Prime Minister in the European (Monetary) Policy Core Executive.- Prime Ministerial Management of the Actors in the European Monetary Policy Core Executive.- Prime Ministerial Management of the Parliamentary Party in European Policy.- Prime Ministerial Political Communication and Media Management in European Monetary Policy.- Conclusion: Prime Ministerial Political Leadership in British European (Monetary) Policy.-