GOVERNING NEW EUROPEAN DEMOCRACIES.

Description:

Governing New European Democracies is the first truly comparative volume that examines the internal characteristics of cabinet decision-making in ten Central Eastern European countries between 1990 and 2003. On the basis of 320 interviews with former ministers who participated in these decision-making processes, this study examines the role of procedures and rules, parties, civil servants, individual ministers, the finance minister and above all prime ministers on the nature of cabinet decision-making. The work contributes to an empirical comparative framework on streamlining decision-making processes in cabinet governments. The key finding of the study is that Central Eastern European countries have implemented a cabinet system that compares well with governmental systems of Western Europe.

subjects: Politics and government,  Post-communism,  Representative government and representation,  Cabinet system,  Democracy,  Post-communism, europe, eastern,  Europe, eastern, politics and government, 1989-,  Cabinet system--europe, eastern,  Representative government and representation--europe, eastern,  Post-communism--europe, eastern,  Democracy--europe, eastern,  Political science--political process--general,  Democratisering,  Openbaar bestuur,  Postcommunisme,  Jn96.a58 b58 2007,  320.9437,  POLITICAL SCIENCE,  Political Process,  General