Prime Ministerial Political Leadership and the Domestic Politics of Brexit

Theresa May and Boris Johnson Compared
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dc.bibliographicCitation.firstPage268
dc.bibliographicCitation.issue2
dc.bibliographicCitation.lastPage287
dc.bibliographicCitation.volume19
dc.contributor.authorBrusenbauch Meislová, Monika
dc.contributor.authorBujard, Birgit
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-31T13:38:38Z
dc.date.available2025-01-31T13:38:38Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.date.updated2025-01-29T09:53:06Z
dc.description.abstractThis 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.
dc.description.sponsorshipOpen access publishing supported by the National Technical Library in Prague.
dc.description.sponsorshipMasaryk University
dc.identifier.doi10.1057/s41293-023-00240-3
dc.identifier.urihttp://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?fidaac-11858/3276
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.issn1746-918X
dc.relation.journalBritish Politics
dc.rightsL::CC BY 4.0
dc.subject.ddcddc:320
dc.subject.fieldbritishstudies
dc.subject.fieldenglishstudies
dc.subject.fieldpoliticalscience
dc.titlePrime Ministerial Political Leadership and the Domestic Politics of Brexit
dc.title.alternativeTheresa May and Boris Johnson Compared
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