Governing Together: The Extent and Limits of Joint Decision-Making in Western European Cabinets

by Jean Blondel

Book Overview

Parliamentary cabinets are supposed to be collective bodies, taking their decisions on the basis of agreements among all the members. Yet much has been made of the growth of the role of prime ministers, not just in Britain, but all over western Europe. Much has also been made of the trend towards letting cabinet decisions be taken by committees or even by individual ministers. It is indeed true that twenty men and women, meeting only a few hours a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349229385
• ISBN13: 9781349229383
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 338 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"