Prime Ministers in Europe: Changing Career Experiences and Profiles

by Ferdinand Müller-Rommel, Jan Berz, Michelangelo Vercesi

This book examines the changes in the career experiences and profiles of 350 European prime ministers in 26 European democracies from 1945 to 2020. It builds on a theoretical framework, which claims that the decline of party government along with the increase of populism, technocracy, and the presidentialization of politics have influenced the careers of prime ministers over the past 70 years. The findings show that prime ministers' career experiences...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030908933
• ISBN13: 9783030908935
• Release Date: June 2023
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 231 Pages