The Rhetorical Premiership: A New Perspective on Prime Ministerial Power Since 1945

The long‐standing debate about the power of the British prime minister has focused excessively on formal instruments of control exercised within Whitehall. By contrast, not enough attention has been paid to the ways in which prime ministers use rhetoric, formally and informally, to maintain themselv...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
Veröffentlicht in:Parliamentary history 2011-06, Vol.30 (2), p.175-192
1. Verfasser: TOYE, RICHARD
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Online-Zugang:Volltext
Tags: Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
container_end_page 192
container_issue 2
container_start_page 175
container_title Parliamentary history
container_volume 30
creator TOYE, RICHARD
description The long‐standing debate about the power of the British prime minister has focused excessively on formal instruments of control exercised within Whitehall. By contrast, not enough attention has been paid to the ways in which prime ministers use rhetoric, formally and informally, to maintain themselves in power and to achieve their policy aims. The term ‘rhetorical premiership’ is used here to denote the collection of methods by which prime ministers since 1945 have used public speech to augment their formal powers. Set‐piece oratory remained consistently important throughout the period, in spite of new technology and the rise of the sound‐bite. However, parliamentary rhetoric underwent some important changes, and prime ministers spoke outside the Commons with increased frequency. Historians of the premiership should draw instruction from those scholars who have studied the rhetoric of US presidents, although caution must be exercised when drawing comparisons. Future study of the rhetorical premiership should involve close textual analysis of prime ministerial speeches, but this should not be at the expense of archival sources, from which important insights into the speech‐making process can be gleaned.
doi_str_mv 10.1111/j.1750-0206.2011.00247.x
format Article
fullrecord <record><control><sourceid>proquest_cross</sourceid><recordid>TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1036023620</recordid><sourceformat>XML</sourceformat><sourcesystem>PC</sourcesystem><sourcerecordid>1036023620</sourcerecordid><originalsourceid>FETCH-LOGICAL-c4347-81b279067a090c80f78749d2cab70f622aad1fd6e6f60813fb96ce3723839ef63</originalsourceid><addsrcrecordid>eNqNkE1vGjEQhq2qkUqT_gcfe9nt2F5sb6QcSNpClI9SoOrRMmZWmCzsxoZA_n28peKcucxYfp-R5iGEMshZqm-rnKk-ZMBB5hwYywF4ofLDB9I7fXwkPeCyyLjmxSfyOcYVABRayR6ZzpZIJ0vcNsE7W9NxwLXHEJe-vaQD-oh7Ok7PFt3WvyBtNinh10gf_MbHLQbfMc0eA536jUPKyqJ_Qc4qW0f88r-fkz8_f8xuRtn9r-HtzeA-c4UoVKbZnKsSpLJQgtNQKa2KcsGdnSuoJOfWLli1kCgrCZqJal5Kh0JxoUWJlRTn5Otxbxua5x3GrVn76LCu7QabXTQMhAQuJIcU1ceoC02MASvTpjNseE0h03k0K9PpMp0u03k0_zyaQ0Kvjuje1_j6bs6MB5NRmhKfHfnO1-HE2_BkpBKqb_4-Ds3vkb6bfp9cm7F4AwPwhks</addsrcrecordid><sourcetype>Aggregation Database</sourcetype><iscdi>true</iscdi><recordtype>article</recordtype><pqid>1036023620</pqid></control><display><type>article</type><title>The Rhetorical Premiership: A New Perspective on Prime Ministerial Power Since 1945</title><source>Wiley Online Library - AutoHoldings Journals</source><source>Political Science Complete</source><creator>TOYE, RICHARD</creator><creatorcontrib>TOYE, RICHARD</creatorcontrib><description>The long‐standing debate about the power of the British prime minister has focused excessively on formal instruments of control exercised within Whitehall. By contrast, not enough attention has been paid to the ways in which prime ministers use rhetoric, formally and informally, to maintain themselves in power and to achieve their policy aims. The term ‘rhetorical premiership’ is used here to denote the collection of methods by which prime ministers since 1945 have used public speech to augment their formal powers. Set‐piece oratory remained consistently important throughout the period, in spite of new technology and the rise of the sound‐bite. However, parliamentary rhetoric underwent some important changes, and prime ministers spoke outside the Commons with increased frequency. Historians of the premiership should draw instruction from those scholars who have studied the rhetoric of US presidents, although caution must be exercised when drawing comparisons. Future study of the rhetorical premiership should involve close textual analysis of prime ministerial speeches, but this should not be at the expense of archival sources, from which important insights into the speech‐making process can be gleaned.</description><identifier>ISSN: 0264-2824</identifier><identifier>EISSN: 1750-0206</identifier><identifier>DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-0206.2011.00247.x</identifier><language>eng</language><publisher>Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd</publisher><subject>British constitution ; oratory ; prime ministers ; rhetoric ; speech-making</subject><ispartof>Parliamentary history, 2011-06, Vol.30 (2), p.175-192</ispartof><rights>The Parliamentary History Yearbook Trust 2011</rights><lds50>peer_reviewed</lds50><oa>free_for_read</oa><woscitedreferencessubscribed>false</woscitedreferencessubscribed><citedby>FETCH-LOGICAL-c4347-81b279067a090c80f78749d2cab70f622aad1fd6e6f60813fb96ce3723839ef63</citedby></display><links><openurl>$$Topenurl_article</openurl><openurlfulltext>$$Topenurlfull_article</openurlfulltext><thumbnail>$$Tsyndetics_thumb_exl</thumbnail><linktopdf>$$Uhttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111%2Fj.1750-0206.2011.00247.x$$EPDF$$P50$$Gwiley$$H</linktopdf><linktohtml>$$Uhttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111%2Fj.1750-0206.2011.00247.x$$EHTML$$P50$$Gwiley$$H</linktohtml><link.rule.ids>315,781,785,1418,27929,27930,45579,45580</link.rule.ids></links><search><creatorcontrib>TOYE, RICHARD</creatorcontrib><title>The Rhetorical Premiership: A New Perspective on Prime Ministerial Power Since 1945</title><title>Parliamentary history</title><description>The long‐standing debate about the power of the British prime minister has focused excessively on formal instruments of control exercised within Whitehall. By contrast, not enough attention has been paid to the ways in which prime ministers use rhetoric, formally and informally, to maintain themselves in power and to achieve their policy aims. The term ‘rhetorical premiership’ is used here to denote the collection of methods by which prime ministers since 1945 have used public speech to augment their formal powers. Set‐piece oratory remained consistently important throughout the period, in spite of new technology and the rise of the sound‐bite. However, parliamentary rhetoric underwent some important changes, and prime ministers spoke outside the Commons with increased frequency. Historians of the premiership should draw instruction from those scholars who have studied the rhetoric of US presidents, although caution must be exercised when drawing comparisons. Future study of the rhetorical premiership should involve close textual analysis of prime ministerial speeches, but this should not be at the expense of archival sources, from which important insights into the speech‐making process can be gleaned.</description><subject>British constitution</subject><subject>oratory</subject><subject>prime ministers</subject><subject>rhetoric</subject><subject>speech-making</subject><issn>0264-2824</issn><issn>1750-0206</issn><fulltext>true</fulltext><rsrctype>article</rsrctype><creationdate>2011</creationdate><recordtype>article</recordtype><recordid>eNqNkE1vGjEQhq2qkUqT_gcfe9nt2F5sb6QcSNpClI9SoOrRMmZWmCzsxoZA_n28peKcucxYfp-R5iGEMshZqm-rnKk-ZMBB5hwYywF4ofLDB9I7fXwkPeCyyLjmxSfyOcYVABRayR6ZzpZIJ0vcNsE7W9NxwLXHEJe-vaQD-oh7Ok7PFt3WvyBtNinh10gf_MbHLQbfMc0eA536jUPKyqJ_Qc4qW0f88r-fkz8_f8xuRtn9r-HtzeA-c4UoVKbZnKsSpLJQgtNQKa2KcsGdnSuoJOfWLli1kCgrCZqJal5Kh0JxoUWJlRTn5Otxbxua5x3GrVn76LCu7QabXTQMhAQuJIcU1ceoC02MASvTpjNseE0h03k0K9PpMp0u03k0_zyaQ0Kvjuje1_j6bs6MB5NRmhKfHfnO1-HE2_BkpBKqb_4-Ds3vkb6bfp9cm7F4AwPwhks</recordid><startdate>201106</startdate><enddate>201106</enddate><creator>TOYE, RICHARD</creator><general>Blackwell Publishing Ltd</general><scope>BSCLL</scope><scope>AAYXX</scope><scope>CITATION</scope><scope>C18</scope></search><sort><creationdate>201106</creationdate><title>The Rhetorical Premiership: A New Perspective on Prime Ministerial Power Since 1945</title><author>TOYE, RICHARD</author></sort><facets><frbrtype>5</frbrtype><frbrgroupid>cdi_FETCH-LOGICAL-c4347-81b279067a090c80f78749d2cab70f622aad1fd6e6f60813fb96ce3723839ef63</frbrgroupid><rsrctype>articles</rsrctype><prefilter>articles</prefilter><language>eng</language><creationdate>2011</creationdate><topic>British constitution</topic><topic>oratory</topic><topic>prime ministers</topic><topic>rhetoric</topic><topic>speech-making</topic><toplevel>peer_reviewed</toplevel><toplevel>online_resources</toplevel><creatorcontrib>TOYE, RICHARD</creatorcontrib><collection>Istex</collection><collection>CrossRef</collection><collection>Humanities Index</collection><jtitle>Parliamentary history</jtitle></facets><delivery><delcategory>Remote Search Resource</delcategory><fulltext>fulltext</fulltext></delivery><addata><au>TOYE, RICHARD</au><format>journal</format><genre>article</genre><ristype>JOUR</ristype><atitle>The Rhetorical Premiership: A New Perspective on Prime Ministerial Power Since 1945</atitle><jtitle>Parliamentary history</jtitle><date>2011-06</date><risdate>2011</risdate><volume>30</volume><issue>2</issue><spage>175</spage><epage>192</epage><pages>175-192</pages><issn>0264-2824</issn><eissn>1750-0206</eissn><abstract>The long‐standing debate about the power of the British prime minister has focused excessively on formal instruments of control exercised within Whitehall. By contrast, not enough attention has been paid to the ways in which prime ministers use rhetoric, formally and informally, to maintain themselves in power and to achieve their policy aims. The term ‘rhetorical premiership’ is used here to denote the collection of methods by which prime ministers since 1945 have used public speech to augment their formal powers. Set‐piece oratory remained consistently important throughout the period, in spite of new technology and the rise of the sound‐bite. However, parliamentary rhetoric underwent some important changes, and prime ministers spoke outside the Commons with increased frequency. Historians of the premiership should draw instruction from those scholars who have studied the rhetoric of US presidents, although caution must be exercised when drawing comparisons. Future study of the rhetorical premiership should involve close textual analysis of prime ministerial speeches, but this should not be at the expense of archival sources, from which important insights into the speech‐making process can be gleaned.</abstract><cop>Oxford, UK</cop><pub>Blackwell Publishing Ltd</pub><doi>10.1111/j.1750-0206.2011.00247.x</doi><tpages>18</tpages><oa>free_for_read</oa></addata></record>
fulltext fulltext
identifier ISSN: 0264-2824
ispartof Parliamentary history, 2011-06, Vol.30 (2), p.175-192
issn 0264-2824
1750-0206
language eng
recordid cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1036023620
source Wiley Online Library - AutoHoldings Journals; Political Science Complete
subjects British constitution
oratory
prime ministers
rhetoric
speech-making
title The Rhetorical Premiership: A New Perspective on Prime Ministerial Power Since 1945
url https://sfx.bib-bvb.de/sfx_tum?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&ctx_tim=2024-12-12T19%3A37%3A57IST&url_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_ctx_fmt=infofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rfr_id=info:sid/primo.exlibrisgroup.com:primo3-Article-proquest_cross&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=The%20Rhetorical%20Premiership:%20A%20New%20Perspective%20on%20Prime%20Ministerial%20Power%20Since%201945&rft.jtitle=Parliamentary%20history&rft.au=TOYE,%20RICHARD&rft.date=2011-06&rft.volume=30&rft.issue=2&rft.spage=175&rft.epage=192&rft.pages=175-192&rft.issn=0264-2824&rft.eissn=1750-0206&rft_id=info:doi/10.1111/j.1750-0206.2011.00247.x&rft_dat=%3Cproquest_cross%3E1036023620%3C/proquest_cross%3E%3Curl%3E%3C/url%3E&disable_directlink=true&sfx.directlink=off&sfx.report_link=0&rft_id=info:oai/&rft_pqid=1036023620&rft_id=info:pmid/&rfr_iscdi=true