Governing New European Democracies

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
List of Tables......Page 8
List of Figures......Page 10
Preface......Page 11
Notes on the Contributors......Page 14
Introduction......Page 16
1 The Cabinet as the New Form of Government in Post-Communist Democracies......Page 18
Part I: The General Arrangements......Page 36
2 The End of Communism and the New Party System......Page 38
3 The Anatomy of Central Eastern European Cabinets......Page 54
4 The Rules and the Operating Procedures in Cabinet......Page 72
5 An Overall Descriptive View: What Ministers Think of Cabinet Government......Page 87
Part II: Parties and Types of Cabinets in the View of Ministers......Page 102
6 Party Government and Cabinet Decision-Making......Page 104
7 Coalitions, Single-Party Governments and Cabinet Decision-Making......Page 117
Part III: Ministers and the Administrative Support of the Cabinet......Page 136
8 How Ministers View the Role of Prime Ministers\' Offices......Page 138
9 Ministers and the Role of Civil Servants in Cabinet Decision-Making......Page 151
Part IV: The Members of the Cabinet in the Views of the Ministers......Page 164
10 Ministers and Cabinet Decision-Making......Page 166
11 Finance Ministers and Cabinet Decision-Making......Page 181
12 Prime Ministers and Cabinet Decision-Making......Page 192
13 Conclusion......Page 208
1 The number of ministerial interviews per country 1990–2003......Page 220
2 Questionnaire on rules, agenda setting, cabinet meetings and committees......Page 222
3 Ministerial questionnaire and codebook......Page 224
Notes......Page 238
Bibliography......Page 243
C......Page 250
H......Page 251
P......Page 252
V......Page 253