@article{1480845,
      recid = {1480845},
      author = {Burrett, Tina.},
      title = {Contemporary prime ministerial leadership in Britain and  Japan /},
      publisher = {Palgrave Macmillan,},
      address = {London :},
      pages = {1 online resource (402 p.).},
      year = {2023},
      note = {Description based upon print version of record.},
      abstract = {Tina Burretts book is an excellent addition to the  comparative literature on political leadership. It will be  extremely valuable to scholars of UK and Japanese politics,  helping us to understand the elasticity and  unpredictability of the contemporary premiership in both  countries. Burrett impressively demonstrates the  often-surprising similarities across the two countries,  explaining how the revolving door premiership, associated  with Japan, has now spread to the UK. -- Mark Bennister,  University of Lincoln, New Zealand. "This book deftly  explores what it takes to be an effective leader in Japan  and the UK. A must read for politicians as well as  academics and students of politics." --Kono Taro, Minister  for Digital Affairs This book analyses prime ministerial  leadership in Britain and Japan since 1980. Exploring the  interplay between personal skill, institutional resources  and situational context in explaining the varying power and  agency of different British and Japanese leaders, it asks  whether the skills, strategies and circumstances needed for  effective leadership are converging across liberal  democracies. Comparing Britain and Japan reveals leadership  trends that might otherwise go unobserved. The book  addresses questions important to aspiring politicians as  well as scholars, including: What accounts for the short  tenure of most Japanese prime ministers? Does comparison  with Japan explain the rapid turnover in British prime  ministers since 2016? How is the influence of party  factions on prime ministerial power evolving in Japan? Are  British political parties more factional than commonly  acknowledged? And how do changes in media technology affect  leadership opportunities and constraints? The book draws on  the authors experience as a political researcher in both  the British and Japanese parliaments and on interviews with  over 40 politicians and political journalists working in  both countries. Tina Burrett is Associate Professor of  Political Science at Sophia University, Japan. She is the  co-editor of The Routledge Handbook of Trauma in East Asia  (2023), and Press Freedom in Contemporary Asia (2019) and  author of Television and Presidential Power in Putins  Russia (2011). She has worked in the British, Canadian and  Japanese parliaments.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1480845},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-44590-2},
}