British Cabinet Ministers: The Roles of Politicians in Executive Office

by Bruce Headey

First published in 1974, British Cabinet Ministers is about the opportunities and constraints of executive political office. It is mainly based on interviews with fifty contemporary British Ministers and twenty-five senior civil servants. Hitherto political observers have referred simply to 'strong' and 'weak' Ministers, which begs the question '"strong" or "weak" at what?' Here Ministers are classified into five types--policy initiators,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032946032
• ISBN13: 9781032946030
• Release Date: November 2024
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 312 Pages