Rating 20th-Century British Prime Ministers
Rating 20th-Century British Prime Ministers
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对 20 世纪英国首相的评价
DOI:
10.1111/j.1467-856x.2006.00220.x
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发表时间:
2006
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通讯作者:
M. Gill
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作者:
K. Theakston;M. Gill
This article reports the results of a 2004 survey of academics, specialising in British politics and/or modern British history, asking them to rate all the 20th-century British prime ministers in terms of their success in office and also asking them to assess the key characteristics of successful prime ministers. The top-ranked PMs were (in order) Attlee, Churchill, Lloyd George and Thatcher. In contrast to the many and regular surveys of American academics ranking US presidents, this is the first large-scale exercise of this type in British political science. Analysis of the findings in terms of the characteristics of the survey respondents helps shed light on the survey results.