The political executive returns: re-empowerment and rediscovery
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The Oxford Handbook of Political Executives. ed. / Rudy B. Andeweg; Robert Elgie; Ludger Helms; Juliet Kaarbo; Ferdinand Müller-Rommel. Oxford University Press, 2020. p. 1-22.
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T1 - The political executive returns
T2 - re-empowerment and rediscovery
AU - Andeweg, Rudy B.
AU - Elgie, Robert
AU - Helms, Ludger
AU - Kaarbo, Juliet
AU - Müller-Rommel, Ferdinand
PY - 2020/7/1
Y1 - 2020/7/1
N2 - Recent developments across political landscapes have contributed to a re-empowerment of the political executive. The authority of political executives was once largely autonomous and unchecked, but diminished with the development of constitutional and democratic constraints and further curtailed by more pressures on and more competitors to the state. The drivers behind the re-empowerment of political executives are also diverse, stemming from both domestic and international sources. The study of political executives has also experienced a revival; political executives are being rediscovered by students and scholars of politics. This is partly due to the re-empowerment trend, but it is also connected to developments within the research program on political executives. Although the term ‘political executives’ will be understood by scholars and non-scholars alike, there is considerable room for different notions of the exact position and functions of political executives in different types of political regimes. This introductory chapter also discusses the borderlines between the political executive and other actors within the executive: the bureaucracy and the head of state.
AB - Recent developments across political landscapes have contributed to a re-empowerment of the political executive. The authority of political executives was once largely autonomous and unchecked, but diminished with the development of constitutional and democratic constraints and further curtailed by more pressures on and more competitors to the state. The drivers behind the re-empowerment of political executives are also diverse, stemming from both domestic and international sources. The study of political executives has also experienced a revival; political executives are being rediscovered by students and scholars of politics. This is partly due to the re-empowerment trend, but it is also connected to developments within the research program on political executives. Although the term ‘political executives’ will be understood by scholars and non-scholars alike, there is considerable room for different notions of the exact position and functions of political executives in different types of political regimes. This introductory chapter also discusses the borderlines between the political executive and other actors within the executive: the bureaucracy and the head of state.
KW - Politics
KW - historical evoluation
KW - parliamentarism
KW - re-empowerment
KW - presidential power
KW - leadership
KW - administrative governance
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85113095913&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198809296.013.39
DO - 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198809296.013.39
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85113095913
SN - 9780198809296
SP - 1
EP - 22
BT - The Oxford Handbook of Political Executives
A2 - Andeweg, Rudy B.
A2 - Elgie, Robert
A2 - Helms, Ludger
A2 - Kaarbo, Juliet
A2 - Müller-Rommel, Ferdinand
PB - Oxford University Press
ER -