Contemporary prime ministerial leadership in Britain and Japan / Tina Burrett.
Burrett, Tina.
2023
JN1117
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Title Contemporary prime ministerial leadership in Britain and Japan / Tina Burrett.
Author Burrett, Tina.
ISBN 9781137445902 (electronic bk.)
1137445904 (electronic bk.)
DOI https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-44590-2
Publication Details London : Palgrave Macmillan, 2023.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (402 p.).
Item Number 10.1057/978-1-137-44590-2 doi
Call Number JN1117
Dewey Decimal Classification 324.241
Summary 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.
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Series Palgrave studies in political leadership series.
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Intro
Acknowledgments
Contents
List of Figures
Part I Background and Theories
1 Introduction: Comparing Prime Ministers in Britain and Japan
Why Prime Ministers in Britain and Japan?
Political Leadership and Power
Purpose and Approach
Methodology
Book Structure
Notes
References
2 Theories of Leadership and the Prime Minister in Britain and Japan
What Is Political Leadership?
Individual Agency Approaches
Leadership as Persuasion
Leadership Typologies
Personality and Skills
Leadership in Political Time
Institutionalist Approaches

The Core-Executive
New Institutionalism
Presidentialism
Contextual Approaches
Organisational Theory
Situational Typologies
Interactionist Approaches
Leadership Capital
Model for Analysis
Notes
References
3 Political Institutions and Culture: Similarities and Difference Between Britain and Japan
Political Parties
Parliament
Executive
Electoral System
Political Culture
Political Participation
Political Cleavages
Political Trust
Notes
References
Part II Institutional, Media and Personal Resources

4 Prime Ministerial Power in Party and Parliamentary Context
Party Centralisation and Distribution of Power
Party Management and Internal Cohesion
Patronage Powers
Leadership Security and Procedures for Selecting/Removing Leaders
Inter-Party Coalitions and Minority Governments
Conclusion
Notes
References
5 Prime Ministerial Power and the Executive
Legal and Constitutional Context
Private and Cabinet Office Resources
The Prime Minister and the Cabinet
The Prime Minister and the Bureaucracy
Conclusion
Notes
References

6 Prime Ministerial Power and the Media
British and Japanese Media Culture
Reinforcing the Prime Minister's Agenda
Public Image and Connecting with Voters
Managing and Manipulating the Media
Limiting the Prime Minister's Authority
Conclusion
Notes
References
7 The Prime Minister's Personal Agency
Categorising Prime Ministers by Type
Presidentialisation, Predominance and Personalisation
Personal Traits, Skills and Leadership Capital
Public Communications Proficiency
Organisational Capacity
Persuasion and Negotiation Skills
Policy Vision

Cognitive Style and Emotional Intelligence
Conclusion
Note
References
Part III Lessons of Comparison
8 Conclusion
Notes
References
Bibliography
Index

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