{"product_id":"prime-ministers-and-the-media-issues-of-power-and-control-paperback-softback-9780631187677","title":"Prime Ministers and the Media; Issues of Power and Control (Paperback \/ softback) 9780631187677","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePrime Ministers and the Media\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eIssues of Power and Control\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eColin Seymour-Ure (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780631187677, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 22 August 2003\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e282 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.1 x 15.5 x 2.1 cm, 0.422 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"This is a fascinating, authoritative and eminently readable history of the changing relationship between prime ministers and the media. As one of the country’s leading historians of politics and the press, Colin Seymour-Ure offers some highly original insights in a book which should be required reading for anyone with an interest in politics or political communication.\" \u003ci\u003eSteven Barnett, University of Westminster\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c!--end--\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Nevertheless, the book is clearly written enough to make it a good eaching tool and it contains enough insights (and historical nuggets) to satisfy an academic audience too.\" \u003ci\u003ePolitical Studies Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book looks at the ways in which prime ministers manage and fail to manage their public communication.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA timely examination of the ways in which prime ministers manage and fail to manage their public communication.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOriginal in scope, covering political rumours, political cartoons and capital cities, in addition to more familiar topics.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSets contemporary analysis of Downing Street press secretaries, media barons and press conferences in fuller historical context than usual.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDraws on public records, private papers and interviews by the author dating back to the 1960s.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of Figures. \u003cp\u003eList of Maps.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Tables.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Prime Minister, Communication, Power, Control.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Public Communication and the Prime Minister’s Tasks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Public Communication as a Prime Ministerial Resource.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Public Communication: Turning Authority into Power.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. The Capital City as News Environment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Harlots Revisited: Media Barons, Politics and Prime Ministers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. The Rise of the Downing Street Press Secretary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. The Downing Street Press Secretary: Getting into a Spin?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Prime Ministers and Press Conferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Grapevine Politics: Political Rumours.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Drawing Blood? Prime Ministers and Political Cartoons.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Politics \u0026amp; government [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Politics \u0026amp; government\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Politics%20\u0026amp;%20government%20%5BJP%5D%22\"\u003eJP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52472124277016,"sku":"9780631187677","price":35.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780631187677.jpg?v=1785718097","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/prime-ministers-and-the-media-issues-of-power-and-control-paperback-softback-9780631187677","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}