Cabinets in Eastern Europe

Cabinets in Eastern Europe is a comprehensive study which enables the reader to compare the origins, structure, composition and activities of these cabinets and to draw lessons from this comparison. Each chapter begins with a survey of the evolution of cabinets since the fall of communism at the beginning of the 1990s. The emphasis is then laid on the place of the cabinet in the constitution and on the role of presidents and prime ministers in the formation of the life of each cabinet. At a time when most Eastern European countries are candidates for membership in the European Union, this volume provides a unique comparative presentation of the way in which cabinets have been evolving in Eastern Europe since the end of communism.

List of Tables Notes on the Contributors Preface Cabinets in Postcommunist East-Central Europe and in the Balkans: An Introduction; J.Blondel PART I: EAST-CENTRAL EUROPE Estonia; F.Müller-Rommel & G.Sootla Latvia; F.Müller-Rommel & O.Norgaard Lithuania; F.Müller-Rommel & O.Hersted Hansen Poland; J.Blondel &F.Müller-Rommel Czech Republic; F.Müller-Rommel & Z.Mansfeldová Slovakia; F.Müller-Rommel & D.Malova Hungary; F.Müller-Rommel & G.Ilonzki Slovenia; F.Müller-Rommel & S.Gaber PART II: THE BALKANS Romania; J.Blondel & I.Penescu Moldova; J.Blondel & S.Matteucci Bulgaria; J.Blondel & S.Andreev Albania; J.Blondel & L.Chiodi Macedonia; J.Blondel Croatia; J.Blondel & S.Selo Sabic Bosnia-Herzegovina; J.Blondel & S.Selo Sabic Serbia and the New Yugoslavia; J.Blondel & F.Privitera Cabinets in Postcommunist East-Central Europe and the Balkans: Empirical Findings and Research Agenda; F.Müller-Rommel Appendices Bibliography Index

SVETZOSAR ANDREEV Researcher, European University Institute, Florence LUISA CHIODI Researcher, European University Institute, Florence SLAVKO GABER Faculty of Education, University of Ljubljana OLE HERSTED HANSEN Researcher, Department of Political Science, University of Aarhus GABRIELLA ILONSZKI Department of Political Science, University of Economics, Budapest DARINA MALOVA Department of Political Science, Comenius University, Bratislava ZAEDENKA MANSFELDOVÁ Czech Academy of Science, Prague SILVIA MATTEUCCI Researcher, Centro per l 'Europea centro-orientale e balcanica, Bologna OLE NORGAARD Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Aarhus IOANNA PENESCU Researcher, European University Institute, Florence FRANCESCO PRIVITERA Professor, University of Bologna SENADA SELO SABIC Researcher, European University Institute, Florence GEORG SOOTLA Professor, Department of Government, Tallinn University of Educational Sciences