Prime Minister, Cabinet and Core Executive

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Introducing the Core Executive....Pages 1-8
Front Matter....Pages 9-9
From Prime Ministerial Power to Core Executive....Pages 11-37
Central Government Departments and the Policy Process....Pages 38-60
Front Matter....Pages 61-61
Relations between Prime Minister and Cabinet: From Wilson to Thatcher....Pages 63-86
The Downfall of Margaret Thatcher....Pages 87-107
Interpreting the Rise and Fall of Margaret Thatcher: Power Dependence and the Core Executive....Pages 108-124
The Cabinet Office and Coordination, 1979–87....Pages 125-148
The Ethos of the Cabinet Office: A Comment on the Testimony of Officials....Pages 149-157
Ministerial Responsibility and the Theory of the British State....Pages 158-178
Front Matter....Pages 179-179
Reinterpreting the Westland Affair: Theories of the State and Core Executive Decision Making....Pages 181-218
Core Executive Decision Making on High Technology Issues: The Case of the Alvey Report....Pages 219-247
Joining the ERM: Analysing a Core Executive Policy Disaster....Pages 248-274
Leaders, Politics and Institutional Change: The Decline of Prime Ministerial Accountability to the House of Commons, 1868–1990....Pages 275-297
Estimating the Distribution of Positional Influence in Cabinet Committees under Major....Pages 298-321
Back Matter....Pages 322-364