Technocratic ministers and political leadership in European democracies. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: António Costa Pinto, Maurizio Cotta, Pedro Tavares de Almeida, editors.
• Editors: Pinto, António Costa; Cotta, Maurizio, 1947-; Almeida, Pedro Tavares de
• Contents: Beyond party government? : technocratic trends in society and in the executive / António Costa Pinto, Maurizio Cotta, and Pedro Tavares de Almeida -- Non-partisan ministers under the French Fifth Republic (1959-2014) / Marie-Hélène Bruère and Daniel Gaxie -- No more political insiders? : ministerial selection in Sweden during the post-WWII period / Hanna Bäck and Thomas Persson -- Shades of technocracy : the variable use of non-partisan ministers in Italy / Luca Verzichelli and Maurizio Cotta -- The primacy of experts? : non-partisan ministers in Portuguese democracy / António Costa Pinto and Pedra Tavares de Almeida -- The selection and deselection of technocratic ministers in democratic Spain / Juan Rodríguez Teruel and Miguel Jerez Mir -- Recruitment and careers of ministers in Central Eastern Europe and Baltic countries / Elena Semenova -- Variations in the expert ministerial framework in Hungary and Romania : personal and institutional explanations / Gabriella Ilonszki and Laurentiu Stefan -- Turkey's ministerial elites : the growing importance of technical expertise / Sabri Sayarı and Hasret Dikici Bilgin -- Technocratic government versus party government? : non-partisan ministers and the changing parameters of political leadership in European democracies / Maurizio Cotta.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiv, 295 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 320.94; Political science; Cabinet officers -- Europe; Cabinet system -- Europe; Technocracy; Democracy -- Europe; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Essays; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / General; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / National; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Reference; Cabinet officers; Cabinet system; Democracy; Politics and government; Technocracy; Political Science -- General; Political Science -- Political Ideologies -- Democracy; Politics & government; Comparative politics; Political structures: democracy; Political leadership; Comparative politics; Democracy; Political Science -- Political Process -- Leadership; Political leaders & leadership; Europe -- Politics and government; Europe; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319623139; 3319623133
• Related ISBNs: 9783319623122; 3319623125
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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