Technocratic Ministers and Political Leadership in European Democracies

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Costa Pinto, António (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Cotta, Maurizio (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Tavares de Almeida, Pedro (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Political Leadership
• Subjects: Political leadership.; Europe-Politics and government.; Comparative politics.; Democracy.; Political Leadership.; European Politics.; Comparative Politics.

This book provides an in-depth analysis of the 'technocratic shift' in ministerial recruitment, measuring its extent and variations over time in fourteen European countries. It addresses the question: who governs in European democratic regimes? Just a few decades ago, the answer would have...