The Prime Ministers and their Ministries; Acknowledgements; About the author; Introduction; 1 Benjamin Disraeli; 2 William Gladstone; 3 Robert Cecil, Lord Salisbury; 4 David Lloyd George; 5 Stanley Baldwin; 6 Ramsay MacDonald; 7 Winston Churchill; 8 Clement Attlee; 9 Margaret Thatcher; 10 Tony Blair; Conclusion; Notes; Index
Summary
Today representative democracy is the dominant political system in the world. Britain played a prominent part in the democratization of the world through both its constitutional reforms at home and its power and influence abroad. In that process, Prime Ministers played a prominent role through their power and influence in government, Parliament and the country more generally. Quinault examines the stance of ten leading Prime Ministers - from the mid-nineteenth century until the twenty-first century - on the theory and practice of democracy. The attitude of each Prime Minister is assessed by co
