Title: 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