British Prime Minister in the Core Executive

Birgit Bujard is managing director of the German Society for Online Research (DGOF). Her research in political science focuses on British European policy and the relationship between Great Britain and the European Union.

• Preface.- Acknowledgements.- Prime Ministerial Political Leadership and British European Policy – An Introduction.- Theoretical Framework: Prime Ministerial Political Leadership in the British Political System.- The United Kingdom and European Monetary Policy 1976–2007: Exchange Rate Mechanism and Economic and Monetary Union.- European Policy-making and Coordination in Executive and Legislature 1976–2007.- Attitudes to European Integration.- Prime Ministerial Resources.- Prime Minister’s Office and Cabinet Office as Institutional Resources of the Prime Minister in the European (Monetary) Policy Core Executive.- Prime Ministerial Management of the Actors in the European Monetary Policy Core Executive.- Prime Ministerial Management of the Parliamentary Party in European Policy.- Prime Ministerial Political Communication and Media Management in European Monetary Policy.- Conclusion: Prime Ministerial Political Leadership in British European (Monetary) Policy.-