ABSTRACT

Fully revised and up-dated, this new edition of Simon James comprehensive and accessible text continues to provide an excellent insight into this central topic of British politics. It draws on the wealth of new material that has become available in recent years to shed light on the mechanisms, structure and realities of the Cabinet system in Britain from 1945 to the present 1945. Its coverage includes:
· ministers and their departments
· collective decision-making
· the role of the Prime Minister
· the strengths and weaknesses of the Cabinet system
· the future of the Cabinet system. British Cabinet Government will give both A-level students and undergraduates a clear understanding of the realities of this central aspect of British politics.

chapter 1|8 pages

Describing the Cabinet system

chapter |3 pages

The importance of Europe

chapter 2|3 pages

Ministers and their departments

chapter |19 pages

Executive work

chapter |15 pages

Private secretaries, diaries and boxes

chapter 3|39 pages

Collective decision-making

Cabinet committees and the Cabinet

chapter 4|7 pages

The role of the Prime Minister

chapter |10 pages

The Prime Minister’s formal powers

chapter |1 pages

Time constraints on the Prime Minister

chapter |14 pages

Prime Ministers and weak ministers

chapter 8|1 pages

Conclusion

chapter 1|1 pages

The 1961 EU application

chapter 2|3 pages

Rhodesia policy 1974–79

chapter |7 pages

The Cabinet and the budget

chapter 6|14 pages

Problems of the Cabinet system

chapter |1 pages

Briefing for the Prime Minister

chapter 7|8 pages

Advice at the centre

chapter |14 pages

Press secretaries

chapter |17 pages

Special advisers Their role

chapter 8|5 pages

Conclusion

chapter |5 pages

A Prime Minister’s department?

chapter |5 pages

Further reading