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Prime Ministers, Presidentialism and Westminster Smokescreens

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posted on 2023-05-17, 00:24 authored by Rhodes, RAW, Bevir, M
This article asks, 'how do practitioners understand the relationship between the prime minister, ministers and the rest of Westminster and Whitehall?' We focus on three topics. First, we review tales of a Blair presidency. Second, we explore the governance paradox in which people tell tales of a Blair presidency as they recount stories of British governance that portray it as fragmented with several decision-makers. Finally, we argue that this paradox reveals the distorting influence the Westminster model still exerts on many accounts of British politics. It acts as a smokescreen for the changes in executive politics.

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Publication title

Political Studies

Volume

54

Issue

4

Pagination

671-690

ISSN

0032-3217

Department/School

School of Social Sciences

Publisher

Blackwell Publ Ltd

Place of publication

108 Cowley Rd, Oxford, England, Oxon, Ox4 1Jf

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The definitive published version is available online at: http://interscience.wiley.com

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  • Restricted

Socio-economic Objectives

Government and politics not elsewhere classified

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