Technocratic Ministers and Political Leadership in European Democracies
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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 been straightforward: party-men and (fewer) party-women. More recently, however, and in varying degrees across Europe, a greater proportion of non-politicians or experts have been recruited to government, as exemplified by the 2017 election of Emmanuel Macron to the French Presidency. These experts, frequently labelled "technocrats", increasingly occupy key executive positions and have emerged as powerful actors in the decision-making process. This edited collection explores the contemporary debates surrounding the relationship between technocracy, democracy and political leadership, and will appeal to scholars and advanced students interested in these fields.

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2017
ISBN
9783319623139
Topic
Politica e relazioni internazionali
Subtopic
Politica pubblica

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Frontmatter
  3. 1. Beyond Party Government? Technocratic Trends in Society and in the Executive
  4. 2. Non-partisan Ministers Under the French Fifth Republic (1959–2014)
  5. 3. No More Political Insiders? Ministerial Selection in Sweden During the Post-WWII Period
  6. 4. Shades of Technocracy: The Variable Use of Non-partisan Ministers in Italy
  7. 5. The Primacy of Experts? Non-partisan Ministers in Portuguese Democracy
  8. 6. The Selection and Deselection of Technocratic Ministers in Democratic Spain
  9. 7. Recruitment and Careers of Ministers in Central Eastern Europe and Baltic Countries
  10. 8. Variations in the Expert Ministerial Framework in Hungary and Romania: Personal and Institutional Explanations
  11. 9. Turkey’s Ministerial Elites: The Growing Importance of Technical Expertise
  12. 10. Technocratic Government Versus Party Government? Non-partisan Ministers and the Changing Parameters of Political Leadership in European Democracies
  13. Backmatter