Gordon Brown and the role of compounded crisis in the pathology of leadership decline

British Politics

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 498-513

  Foley, Michael ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crisis politics; Gordon Brown; Leadership decline; Presidentialism; Prime minister; Tony Blair

Indexed keywords

EID: 70849083176     PISSN: 1746918X     EISSN: 17469198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/bp.2009.19     Document Type: Article

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