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6. Prime Ministerial Resources

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Erschienen in: The British Prime Minister in the Core Executive

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This chapter outlines the British prime minister’s institutional and individual resources. As explained in Chap. 2, he has resources at his disposal to influence decision-making in the core executive. These can broadly be divided into institutional and individual resources. Such a classification is helpful to analyse an actor’s political leadership and is used here. But as mentioned in Sect. 2.2.3, a look at political science literature shows that the classification of resources into these categories varies (e.g. Bennister, The British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 9(3), 327–345, 2007; Heffernan, British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 5(3), 347–372, 2003; Smith, The Core Executive in Britain, Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1999). Thus it has to be taken into account that this division is not always as clear-cut as one might hope.

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Titel: Prime Ministerial Resources
verfasst von: Birgit Bujard
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Buch: The British Prime Minister in the Core Executive
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-89952-7

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-89953-4

Copyright-Jahr: 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89953-4_6

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