Cabinets are formed of individual ministers, whose stock may rise and fall, not only with that of their party, but through their general behaviour, their actions, and with the successes and failures of their policies. The book examines the process of selection, shuffling and removal of ministers in national cabinets around the world in a comparative perspective. Drawing on data from 1945 until the present day, it offers a series of case studies of countries with differing institutional and cultural structures from around the world including Presidential and Semi-Presidential Systems,...
Cabinets are formed of individual ministers, whose stock may rise and fall, not only with that of their party, but through their general behaviour, th...
Much of the empirical research on Europeanization that has mainly focused on the larger member states, and tends to ignore that most Europeans live in small states and that most of the EU member-states are small states. This text investigates how the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg, respond to European integration and how their response is shaped by the consensual nature of their political institutions.
Much of the empirical research on Europeanization that has mainly focused on the larger member states, and tends to ignore that most Europeans live in...
The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg are well-known cases of consensus politics. Decision-making in the Low Countries has been characterized by broad involvement, power sharing and making compromises. These countries were also founding member states of the European Union (EU) and its predecessors. However, the relationship between European integration and the tradition of domestic consensus politics remains unclear.
In order to explore this relationship this book offers in-depth studies of a wide variety of political actors such as governments, parliaments, political parties, courts,...
The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg are well-known cases of consensus politics. Decision-making in the Low Countries has been characterized by ...
This volume discusses the formation of government cabinets within twenty European democracies, providing the institutional background to the selection and de-selection of ministers.
Exploring the historical and constitutional context to cabinet formation, this volume proceeds to provide vital data on the strategic issues that affect the selection of ministers. Covering states from all over Europe, the authors examine trends from the post-war period up to the present day, with specific focus on recent decades for the newer democracies in political transition. The volume...
This volume discusses the formation of government cabinets within twenty European democracies, providing the institutional background to the select...
Governing cabinets are composed of ministers who come and go even as governments march on. They work for the chief executive, the prime minister or the president, for their parties and for the constituent groups from which they come. They are chosen for their role and dismissed from it for all sorts of reasons that vary across time and country.
This book examines the process of selection, shuffling and removal of ministers in national cabinets around the world. Drawing on original data over several decades, it offers a series of case studies of countries from around the world with...
Governing cabinets are composed of ministers who come and go even as governments march on. They work for the chief executive, the prime minister or...
We are likely to learn much more by exploring the systems of understudied nations rather than by replicating studies about cases we already know much about
This volume provides a comprehensive overview of the evolution of political parties and party systems in each of the democratic European microstates, which tend to be relatively more democratic and stable than other party systems. Looking at party system development and institutionalization, the book examines what has caused the stability of microstates' party systems in the first place and to extract important lessons of how...
We are likely to learn much more by exploring the systems of understudied nations rather than by replicating studies about cases we already know mu...
