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Governing Together

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

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  • © 1993

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Editors:
  1. Jean Blondel

    1. European University Institute, Florence, Italy

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  2. Ferdinand Müller-Rommel

    1. University of Lüneburg, Germany

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Jean Blondel, Ferdinand Müller-Rommel
      Pages 1-19

  3. General Framework of Analysis

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21
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    2. A Model of the Cabinet System: the Dimensions of Cabinet Decision-Making Processes

      • Rudi Andeweg
      Pages 23-42

    3. The Single-Party/Coalition Distinction and Cabinet Decision-Making

      • André-Paul Frognier
      Pages 43-73

  4. The Role of Structures in Cabinet Decision-Making

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 75-75
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    2. The Organisational Structure of Western European Cabinets and its Impact on Decision-Making

      • Jean-Louis Thiébault
      Pages 77-98

    3. Organising the Flow of Business in Western European Cabinets

      • Martin Burch
      Pages 99-130

    4. Ministers and the Role of the Prime Ministerial Staff

      • Ferdinand Müller-Rommel
      Pages 131-152

    5. The Links between Cabinets and Parties and Cabinet Decision-Making

      • Lieven Winter
      Pages 153-176

  5. The Role of Individuals in Cabinet Decision-Making

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 177-177
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    2. Individual Ministers and their Role in Cabinet Decision-Making

      • Jean Blondel
      Pages 179-206

    3. The Role and Position of Ministers of Finance

      • Torbjörn Larsson
      Pages 207-222

    4. Prime Ministers and Cabinet Decision-Making Processes

      • Wolfgang C. Müller, Wilfried Philipp, Peter Gerlich
      Pages 223-256

  6. Conclusions: Achievements, Problems and Reforms

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 257-257
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    2. Decision-Making, Policy Content and Conflict Resolution in Western European Cabinets

      • Jaakko Nousiainen
      Pages 259-282

    3. Evaluating Cabinet Decision-Making

      • Svein Eriksen
      Pages 283-300

    4. Conclusion

      • Jaakko Nousiainen, Jean Blondel
      Pages 301-307

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 308-338
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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 week, cannot take all the decisions of the State. These are the issues which this study examines, on the basis of the replies of over 400 cabinet ministers across western Europe. The result is the first truly empirical analysis in a subject on which what has been known so far has tended to be speculation.

Editors and Affiliations

  • European University Institute, Florence, Italy

    Jean Blondel

  • University of Lüneburg, Germany

    Ferdinand Müller-Rommel

About the editors

Jean Blondel is a professorial fellow at the Robert Schuman Center for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, Florence, Italy.

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