Muddling through : power, politics and the quality of government in postwar Britain /
"For two decades Peter Hennessy has been exhuming and examining the deeper themes beneath current events by bringing the historian's perspective to bear on contemplorary happenings. He has pursued his craft under a variety of guises - newspaper reporter, specialist journalist and columnist...
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London :
Gollancz,
1996
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Table of Contents:
- Preface: Thinking Aloud
- Introduction: Humbugging our Way
- 1. Jewel in the Constitution? The Queen, Parliament and the Royal Prerogative
- 2. The Back of the Envelope: Hung Parliaments, the Queen and the Constitution
- 3. Permanent Ballast in the Constitution
- 4. Teething the Watchdogs: Parliament, Government and Accountability
- 5. No End of a Lesson?
- 6. 'A Bloody Union Jack on Top of It'
- 7. A Canal Too Far
- 8. Out of the Midday Sun? Britain and the Great Power Impulse
- 9. Living with Clem
- 10. Living with Winston
- 11. Living with Anthony
- 12. The Last Edwardian
- 13. A Countryman in Downing Street
- 14. The Scarlet Thread
- 15. Be Prepared
- 16. Knowing Their Little Tricks
- 17. The Last Retreat of Fame: Mrs. Thatcher as History