The rhetorical premiership: A new perspective on prime ministerial power since 1945

Parliamentary History

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 175-192

  Toye, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

British constitution; Oratory; Prime ministers; Rhetoric; Speech making

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958835281     PISSN: 02642824     EISSN: 17500206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-0206.2011.00247.x     Document Type: Review

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