Prime ministerial political leadership and the domestic politics of Brexit : Theresa May and Boris Johnson compared

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14230%2F24%3A00135170" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14230/24:00135170 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41293-023-00240-3" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41293-023-00240-3</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/s41293-023-00240-3" target="_blank" >10.1057/s41293-023-00240-3</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Prime ministerial political leadership and the domestic politics of Brexit : Theresa May and Boris Johnson compared

Original language description

This article explores and compares the political leadership of two successive British Prime Ministers, Theresa May and Boris Johnson, in their handling of the domestic politics of Brexit. Despite some similar dilemmas at the beginning of their premierships, their leadership delivered very different outcomes. The key argument developed here, using Richard Heffernan’s power resources model, is that the explanation for these outcomes does not only arise from a different political context and circumstances under which each prime minister pursued their Brexit policy. Rather Johnson, unlike May, made skilful use of the power resources at his command. He possessed more personal power resources and drew upon the available institutional power resources more effectively than May. As a result, unlike May, he was able to be predominant in his government’s Brexit policy. While we demonstrate the continued analytical value of Heffernan’s model, we also point to its limitations and suggest how it can be revised.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50601 - Political science

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

British Politics

ISSN

1746-918X

e-ISSN

1746-9198

Volume of the periodical

19

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

20

Pages from-to

268-287

UT code for WoS article

001050432300001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85168115508