Prime Ministers in Europe
Prime Ministers in Europe

Author: Ferdinand Müller-Rommel

Publisher:

Published: 2022

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9783030908928

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Even though the question of 'who governs' has been at the centre of political science research for a long time, a systematic comparative analysis of the profiles of prime ministers in Europe was missing. This data rich volume allows to put prime ministerial figures into perspective. Scholars will welcome the inspiring arguments on the careers of top executives. -Patrick Dumont - Professor of Political Science, Australian National University, Canberra. This is a formidable contribution to the study of prime ministers. Building on a unique database, this book shows that the nature of prime ministerial leadership has been drifting towards a more assertive role of chief executives vis-à-vis their own parties. It shows that the control of political parties over the process of government has been declining while political leaders have gained political weight. -Thomas Poguntke - Professor of Comparative Politics, Heinrich Heine University of Düsseldorf, Germany This book presents the first comparative analysis of European prime ministerial careers. It is the result of an ambitious data collection effort and presents significant cross-temporal and cross-national changes in the experience that prime ministers bring to the highest office. The book will, without doubt, become a key reference work for the study of executive careers. -Petra Schleiter - Professor of Comparative Politics, University of Oxford, UK This book examines the changes in the career experiences and profiles of 350 European prime ministers in 26 European democracies from 1945 to 2020. It builds on a theoretical framework, which claims that the decline of party government along with the increase of populism, technocracy, and the presidentialization of politics have influenced the careers of prime ministers over the past 70 years. The findings show that prime ministers' career experiences became less political and more technical. Moreover, their career profiles shifted from a traditional type of 'party-agent' to a new type of 'party-principal'. These changes affected the recruitment of executive elites and their political representation in European democracies, albeit with different intensity and speed. Ferdinand Müller-Rommel - Professor (Emeritus) of Comparative Politics at Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany. Michelangelo Vercesi - Lecturer in Comparative Politics at Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany. Jan Berz - Assistant Professor of Political Science at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.

Prime Ministers in Europe
Prime Ministers in Europe

Author: Ferdinand Müller-Rommel

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2022-06-24

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 3030908917

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This book examines the changes in the career experiences and profiles of 350 European prime ministers in 26 European democracies from 1945 to 2020. It builds on a theoretical framework, which claims that the decline of party government along with the increase of populism, technocracy, and the presidentialization of politics have influenced the careers of prime ministers over the past 70 years. The findings show that prime ministers’ career experiences became less political and more technical. Moreover, their career profiles shifted from a traditional type of ‘party-agent’ to a new type of ‘party-principal’. These changes affected the recruitment of executive elites and their political representation in European democracies, albeit with different intensity and speed.

Presidents, Prime Ministers and Chancellors
Presidents, Prime Ministers and Chancellors

Author: L. Helms

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2004-12-07

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 0230502911

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How have the American presidency, the British premiership and the German chancellorship changed over the last half-century? Has there been convergence or divergence in the development of political leadership in the United States and in the two largest democracies of Western Europe? And what difference can individual leaders make in an ever-more complex political environment? Presidents, Prime Ministers and Chancellors addresses these questions by looking at the leadership performance of more than two dozen American presidents, British prime ministers and German chancellors of the post-1945 period. In so doing, it offers a unique perspective on the nature of executive leadership in Western democracies that takes into account both the international and the historical dimension of comparison.

Prime Ministers and Party Governments in Central and Eastern Europe
Prime Ministers and Party Governments in Central and Eastern Europe

Author: Florian Grotz

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2023-09-19

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 1000956970

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This book focuses on Prime Ministers (PMs) in the post-communist democracies of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). It shows how the survival of PMs in chief executive office depends on their interrelations with other actors in three different arenas. The first arena encompasses the linkages between PMs and their parties. In this respect, being a party leader is a major power resource for PMs to retain office even under critical circumstances. At the heart of the second arena is the PMs’ relationship to other parliamentary parties. In this regard, the high fragmentation and fluidity of many post-communist party systems pose enormous challenges for PMs to secure constant parliamentary support. In the third arena, PMs are confronted with state presidents. Given their relatively strong powers in most CEE countries, presidents may use their constitutional powers to interfere in the political domain of PMs and thus jeopardise the stability of party governments. The book offers new evidence on these relationships from case studies and a broader comparative perspective. This volume will be of great use to students and researchers interested in comparative politics and government, European studies as well as political leadership. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of East European Politics and are accompanied by a revised introduction and a new conclusion.

The Prime Ministers
The Prime Ministers

Author: Steve Richards

Publisher:

Published: 2020-09

Total Pages: 464

ISBN-13: 9781786495884

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A landmark history of the men and women who have defined the UK's role in the modern world - and what makes them special - by a seasoned political journalist.

On Europe
On Europe

Author: Margaret Thatcher

Publisher: HarperCollins UK

Published: 2017-05-18

Total Pages: 96

ISBN-13: 0008263779

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First published in her pioneering treatise Statecraft, the opinions and projections of the former Prime Minister on Europe remain potent and resoundingly prophetic.

Prime Ministers in Greece
Prime Ministers in Greece

Author: Kevin Featherstone

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 2015-07-09

Total Pages: 285

ISBN-13: 0191026700

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This book is concerned with a large question in one small, but highly problematic case: how can a prime minister establish control and coordination across his or her government? The Greek system of government sustains a 'paradox of power' at its very core. The Constitution provides the prime minister with extensive and often unchecked powers. Yet, the operational structures, processes and resources around the prime minister undermine their power to manage the government. Through a study of all main premierships between 1974 and 2009, Prime Ministers in Greece argues that the Greek prime minister has been 'an emperor without clothes'. The costs of this paradox included the inability to achieve key policy objectives under successive governments and a fragmented system of governance that provided the backdrop to Greece's economic meltdown in 2010. Building on an unprecedented range of interviews and archival material, Featherstone and Papadimitriou set out to explore how this paradox has been sustained. They conclude with the Greek system meeting its 'nemesis': the arrival of the close supervision of its government by the 'Troika' - the representatives of Greece's creditors. The debt crisis challenged taboos and forced a self-reflection. It remains unclear, however, whether either the external strategy or the domestic response is likely to be sufficient to make the Greek system of governance 'fit for purpose'.

Profession of Government Minister in Western Europe
Profession of Government Minister in Western Europe

Author: Jean Blondel

Publisher: Springer

Published: 1991-06-18

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 1349113956

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Despite the apparent political similarities in Western Europe, the models of cabinet government employed by different nations vary. In exploring the ministerial profession, this text reveals the political traditions and the different needs and expectations of citizen and politician alike.

The Selection of Ministers in Europe
The Selection of Ministers in Europe

Author: Keith Dowding

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2008-11-19

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 1134085370

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This volume examines, through a series of case studies of countries with differing institutional and cultural structures, the process of selection, shuffling and removal of ministers in national cabinets since 1945.

Membership of the European Council in a Constitutional and Historical Perspective
Membership of the European Council in a Constitutional and Historical Perspective

Author: David Nederlof

Publisher:

Published: 2021-12-14

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 9789462512214

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Heads of state or government of the member states of the European Union have a dual role: they are and remain holders of domestic executive offi ces, but at the same time members of the European Council - the EU institution that is the centre of political authority within the Union. This membership, approached here from a constitutional and historical perspective, is autonomous to the extent that it is attributed to the heads of state or government and substantively determined by the EU's constitution. It is a key part of the EU structure and fundamental for comprehending the executive branches of the Union and of the member states as well as their relationship. The present study analyses the force of the dualitythat membership entails for the accumulation of authority within the European Council. It investigates for a number of member states - The Netherlands, Belgium and Germany - whether and how European Council membership has become compatible with and has affected domestic constitutional positions, domestic executive institutions and systems at large. It contributes to the understanding of the relation between national executives and the Union.