The Statecraft approach: A case study of Nicolas Sarkozy

Stacey, Jamie D.

doi:10.1057/fp.2013.14

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“…One of the primary functions of statecraft revolves around being successful in winning elections; something that is enabled by the concept's other dimensions: party management, owning the political argument hegemony and governing competence. In the face of criticism (see Layton-Henry, 1992), statecraft has been refined and developed into a more neo-statecraft approach (James, 2016), that builds on the underpinning theory (Buller, 1999), expands it into empirical applications (Buller and James, 2012;Hayton, 2014) and develops the ability to apply it in non-British contexts (Stacey, 2013). It can also be a powerful measure of successful political leadership (Buller and James, 2012).…”

Section: Understanding Former Political Leadersmentioning

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More than a memento mori? Assessing the participation of former Prime Ministers in the House of Commons

Middleton,

Thompson

2023

The British Journal of Politics and International Relations

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The successes and failures of political leaders and their rise and fall from power are well analysed by academic studies. The roles played by former leaders however are more obscure, particularly if they continue to maintain an institutional presence. This article explores the backbench behaviour of 12 former UK prime ministers following their departure from Downing Street. We find that contemporary former prime ministers display more diverse backbench behaviour in the House of Commons, are more focused on performing constituency representation in the chamber and engage in a form of statecraft focused on real time assessments of their successors. This is significant as it suggests that our traditional assumptions of post leadership careers may need reinterpreting. It also demonstrates an ongoing democratic benefit to the presence of former leaders within legislatures.

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Section: Understanding Former Political Leadersmentioning

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More than a memento mori? Assessing the participation of former Prime Ministers in the House of Commons

Middleton,

Thompson

2023

The British Journal of Politics and International Relations

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“…James (2012) uses the approach to understand the reform of election administration in the US, UK and Ireland. Stacey (2013) has made the case for using the approach to assess French political leaders. McKenna (2012) argues that Bulpitt’s statecraft concepts can be applied to local government.…”

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“…Thirdly, there has been a move to consider how some of Bulpitt’s concepts, such as governing competence and party management, can be operationalized using research from comparative party politics (Buller and James 2012). These have been applied to help assess political leaders (also see Buller and James 2012; Stacey 2013).…”

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Neo-Statecraft Theory, Historical Institutionalism and Institutional Change

James¹

2014

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This article provides a critical examination of the contribution that statecraft theory, which has been subject to recent revision and development, makes to the literature on institutional change. It articulates an emergent neo-statecraft approach that offers an agent-led form of historical institutionalism. This overcomes the common criticism that historical institutionalists underplay the creative role of actors. The article also argues that the approach brings back into focus the imperatives of electoral politics as a source of institutional change and provides a macro theory of change which is also commonly missing from historical institutionalist work. It can therefore identify previously unnoticed sources of stability and change, especially in states with strong executives and top-down political cultures.

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Grimaldi

2023

The Informal Powers of Western European Presidents

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The Statecraft approach: A case study of Nicolas Sarkozy

Cited by 6 publications

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More than a memento mori? Assessing the participation of former Prime Ministers in the House of Commons

More than a memento mori? Assessing the participation of former Prime Ministers in the House of Commons

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