Governing New European Democracies

Governing New European Democracies is a fully comparative study of decision-making processes in the cabinets of ten post-communist countries of East-Central and South-Eastern Europe. It is based on interviews collected from over 300 ministers. This book provides the first comprehensive panorama of life in cabinet governments.

Introduction: The Cabinet as a New Form of Government in Post-Communist Democracies PART 1: THE GENERAL ARRANGEMENTS The End of Communism and the New Party System The Anatomy of Central Eastern European Cabinets The Rules and the Operating Procedures in Cabinet An Overall Descriptive View: What Ministers Think about Cabinet Government PART 2: PARTIES AND TYPES OF CABINETS IN THE VIEW OF MINISTERS Party Government and Cabinet Decision-Making Coalitions, Single-Party Governments and Cabinet Decision-Making PART 3: MINISTERS AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT OF CABINETS How Ministers View the Role of Prime Ministers' Offices Ministers and the Role of Civil Servants in Cabinet Decision-Making PART 4: THE MEMBERS OF THE CABINET IN THE VIEWS OF THE MINISTERS Ministers and Cabinet Decision-Making Finance Ministers and Cabinet Decision-Making Prime Ministers and Cabinet Decision-Making Conclusion

KATJA FETTELSCHOSS Researcher, Centre for the Study of Democracy, University of Lüneburg, Germany GABRIELA ILONSZKI Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Economic Sciences and Public Administration, Budapest, Hungary DOBRINKA KOSTOVA Professor, Institute of Sociology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria MATEJ KOVACIS Researcher, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubjana, Slovenia ALENKA KRASOVEC Assistant Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubjana, Slovenia ALGIS KRUPAVICIUS Professor, Policy and Public Administration Institute, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania ZDENKA MANSFELDOVA Member of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic ANDRIS RUNCIS Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Latvia ERIK SOOTLA Researcher, Department of Government, Tallinn University of Educational Sciences, Estonia GEORG SOOTLA Professor of Political Science, Department of Government, Tallinn University of Educational Sciences, Estonia