Administering the Summit

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvii

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2. Introduction

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Staffing the Summit — the Administration of the Core Executive: Convergent Trends and National Specificities

      • B. Guy Peters, R. A. W. Rhodes, Vincent Wright

      Pages 3-22

3. Westminster Systems

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-23

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   2. Administering the Summit: the British Prime Minister’s Office

      • Christopher Clifford

      Pages 25-42

   3. Administering the Summit from a Canadian Perspective

      • B. Guy Peters, Donald J. Savoie

      Pages 43-58

   4. Administering the Summit: Australia

      • Patrick Weller

      Pages 59-78

4. Other Parliamentary Systems

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 79-79

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   2. Management of Politics in the German Chancellor’s Office

      • Ferdinand Müller-Rommel

      Pages 81-100

   3. The Prime Minister’s ‘Staff’: the Case of Italy

      • Sabino Cassese

      Pages 101-109

   4. A Quasi-Presidential Premiership: Administering the Executive Summit in Spain

      • Paul Heywood, Ignacio Molina

      Pages 110-133

   5. Sweden: the Quest for Co-ordination

      • Neil C. M. Elder, Edward C. Page

      Pages 134-152

   6. How Informal Can You Be? The Case of Denmark

      • Tim Knudsen

      Pages 153-175

   7. Administering the Summit: the Greek Case

      • Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos

      Pages 176-195

   8. Serving the Japanese Prime Minister

      • Ian Neary

      Pages 196-222

5. Presidential and Semi-presidential Systems

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 223-223

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   2. Staffing the Summit: France

      • Robert Elgie

      Pages 225-244

   3. Administering the Summit in the United States

      • Bert A. Rockman

      Pages 245-262

6. Conclusion

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 263-263

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   2. The Struggle for Control

      • B. Guy Peters, R. A. W. Rhodes, Vincent Wright

      Pages 265-270

Speaking truth to power demands diplomatic skills. This book looks at the way advice, which is needed by all executives, is provided to the summit of government in twelve advanced industrialized countries (Australia, Belgium, Britain, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Sweden, and the US). It examines the increasing pressures for centralization as core executives confront the differentiation and pluralization of government and the interplay of constitutional, political, and institutional factors.

• University of Pittsburgh, USA

  B. Guy Peters

• University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

  R. A. W. Rhodes

• Nuffield College, Oxford, UK

  Vincent Wright

B.Guy Peters is Maurice Falk Professor of American Government at the University of Pittsburgh. R.A.W. Rhodes is Professor of Politics (Research) at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Vincent Wright is the University Professor of Political Science at the University of Pittsburgh.

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