Technocratic Ministers and Political Leadership in European Democracies

Book Overview

This book provides an in-depth analysis of the 'technocratic shift' in ministerial recruitment, measuring its extent and variations over time in fourteen European countries. It addresses the question: who governs in European democratic regimes? Just a few decades ago, the answer would have been straightforward: party-men and (fewer) party-women. More recently, however, and in varying degrees across Europe, a greater proportion of non-politicians...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319623125
• ISBN13: 9783319623122
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 295 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 8.6"