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Chapter two: Leadership from the Top
- ‘The power of the prime minister 50 years on’
A great short book covering how prime ministerial power has changed over time. Of particular interest to chapter two, are the sections about contingencies and resource dependency, party dynamics and enhancing the prime minister. Although this does not provide a current/ up-to-date analysis of prime ministerial power many lessons can be learnt from occurrences in the past.
https://consoc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/The-Power-of-the-Prime-Minister-PDF.pdf
- ‘The role and powers of the prime minister’
This weblink comes straight from the official Parliament site. It consolidates much of what chapter two presents and concisely presents the key take-aways. Notice how the prime minister’s powers can be categorised accordingly ranging from procedural/constitutional to those dealing with cabinet and parliamentary business.
https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmselect/cmpolcon/writev/842/m2.htm
- ‘Understanding the power of the prime minister: structure and agency in models of prime ministerial power’
This paper unpacks the nature of the core executive. It provides an overview and critique of the dominant models of prime ministerial power. With a special focus on the structure and agency of the executive, this paper sheds light on some of the misunderstandings of the scope of prime ministerial agency.
- ‘Theresa May & Boris Johnson: secrecy as Statecraft’
This article by the Democratic Audit is a great read, and links to the topics of Game theory and Nodality discussed in chapter two. This is a great up-to-date example of the ever-changing nature of prime ministerial power and how it is circumstantial in nature.
https://www.democraticaudit.com/2019/09/11/theresa-may-and-boris-johnson-secrecy-as-statecraft/