Cabinets in Western Europe
By: edited by Jean Blondel and Ferdinand Müller-Rommel.
Contributors: Blondel, Jean, 1929-; Müller-Rommel, Ferdinand.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press; Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
Subjects: Cabinet system -- Europe, Western.
Description: This is the fully updated second edition of the presentation of the structure and workings of the national cabinets in Western European countries today. This book is based on a common framework which enables the reader to compare the origins, structure, composition and activities of these cabinets and therefore to draw lessons from this comparison. Emphasis is placed on the leadership and on the character of coalitions.

At a time when ministers in Western Europe are working more and more closely together, a knowledge of the life of national cabinets has become a necessity as has also an understanding of the differences between types of cabinet decision-making in the context of reforms which are proposed of Western European governments.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-293) and index.