The Oxford Handbook of Political Executives

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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