The Oxford Handbook of Political Executives

Dedication
Preface
Contents
List of Contributors
1. The Political Executive Returns: Re-Empowerment and Rediscovery • Rudy B. Andeweg, †Robert Elgie, Ludger Helms, Juliet Kaarbo, and Ferdinand Müller-Rommel
PART I: THEORIZING AND RESEARCHING POLITICAL EXECUTIVES
	2. Historical Approaches to the Study of Political Executives • Matthew Laing and Brendan McCaffrie
	3. New Institutional Approaches to the Study of Political Executives • Klaus H. Goetz
	4. Psychology and the Study of Political Executives • Margaret G. Hermann and Juliet Kaarbo
	5. A Rational Choice Perspective on Political Executives • IndriÐi H. IndriÐason and Christopher Kam
	6. Ethnographic Approaches to the Study of Political Executives • R.A.W. Rhodes and Jack Corbett
	7. Feminist Approaches to the Study of Political Executives • Karen Beckwith
	8. Constructivist Approaches to the Study of Political Executives • Dennis C. Grube
	9. Ethical Approaches to the Study of Political Executives • John Uhr
	10. Methodology and the Study of the Political Executive • †Robert Elgie
PART II: COMPOSITION AND LIFE CYCLE OF POLITICAL EXECUTIVES
	11. Presidential Pathways and Profiles • Magna Inácio and Mariana Llanos
	12. Political Careers of Ministers and Prime Ministers • Ferdinand Müller-Rommel, Corinna Kroeber, and Michelangelo Vercesi
	13. Women and Executive Politics • Diana Z. O’Brien and Catherine Reyes-Housholder
	14. Personalities and Beliefs of Political Executives • Mark Schafer and Gary Smith
	15. Government Formation and Termination • Petra Schleiter
	16. The Distribution of Ministerial Posts in Parliamentary Systems • Hanna Bäck and Royce Carroll
	17. Post-Executive Activities • Fortunato Musella
PART III: DYNAMICS AND DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN POLITICAL EXECUTIVES
	18. The Presidentialization of Political Executives • †Robert Elgie and Gianluca Passarelli
	19. Measuring Presidential and Prime Ministerial Power • David Doyle
	20. Presidents and Cabinets • †Robert Elgie
	21. Inside the Coordination Paradigm: New Perspectives on Minority Presidents and Coalition Management • Paul Chaisty, Nic Cheeseman, and Timothy J. Power
	22. Cabinet Decision-Making in Parliamentary Systems • Michelangelo Vercesi
	23. Parties and Executives in Parliamentary Systems: From Party Government to Party Governance • Rudy B. Andeweg
	24. Leadership Styles of Political Executives • Jonathan W. Keller
	25. Political Advisers in the Executive Branch • Yee-Fui Ng
PART IV: DYNAMICS AND DEVELOPMENTS BETWEEN POLITICAL EXECUTIVES AND THE BROADER POLITICAL CONTEXT
	26. Politicians and Bureaucrats in Executive Government • Tobias Bach and Kai Wegrich
	27. Executive-Legislative Relations in Democratic Regimes: Managing the Legislative Process • Maria C. Escobar-Lemmon and Michelle M. Taylor-Robinson
	28. Judicialization and the Political Executive • Georg Vanberg
	29. Political Executives and the Mediatization of Politics • Donatella Campus
	30. Interest Groups and Lobbying in Political Executives • Dİrenç Kanol
	31. Public Opinion and Executive Approval • Pedro C. Magalhães
	32. Performance and Evaluation of Political Executives • Ludger Helms
PART V: POLITICAL EXECUTIVES BEYOND THE DEMOCRATIC NATION-STATE
	33. Executive Politics of Multi-Level Systems: The European Union • Ingeborg Tömmel
	34. Political Executives in Autocracies and Hybrid Regimes • Jody LaPorte
	35. Political Executives in Authoritarian Monarchies • Anna Sunik
	36. Political Executives in Party-Based Dictatorships • Alexander Baturo
	37. Political Executives in Military Regimes • Natasha Lindstaedt
Index of Names
Subject Index