Cabinet Decision-Making in Parliamentary Systems

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Authors

  • Michelangelo Vercesi
This chapter deals with the internal decision-making process of political executives in parliamentary systems, that is, how executives take their own collective decisions. The focus is on the cabinet system as a whole, including both cabinet members and other involved party-political and bureaucratic actors. In particular, the chapter reviews literature’s debates about the nature of cabinet government, the role of prime ministers, and variations of decision-making. A special attention is payed to factors explaining intra-cabinet power distribution and the choice of different decision-making arenas. After introducing the topic, an overview of conceptual issues and main research questions is provided. Subsequently, the work discusses the way in which scholars have addressed these issues and the findings they have reached. The final part stresses existing deficits and seeks to set the agenda for future research.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Oxford Handbook of Political Executives
EditorsRudy B. Andeweg, Robert Elgie, Ludger Helms, Juliet Kaarbo, Ferdinand Müller-Rommel
Number of pages22
Place of PublicationOxford
PublisherOxford University Press
Publication date30.07.2020
Pages438-459
ISBN (Print)978-0-19-880929-6
ISBN (Electronic)978-0-19-184676-2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 30.07.2020

    Research areas

  • Politics - president and cabinet relations, prime minister/cabinet relations, principal-agent framework, semi-presidential systems, conflict, dominance, empirical research, Latin America