Prime Ministers and Party Governments in Central and Eastern Europe

This book focuses on Prime Ministers (PMs) in the post-communist democracies of Central and Eastern Europe. It shows how the survival of PMs in chief executive office depends on their interrelations with other actors in three different arenas.

List of contents

Introduction: The Survival of Prime Ministers in Central and Eastern European Party Governments 1. Coping with the new party challenge: patterns of prime ministerial survival in Croatia and Slovenia 2. Juggling friends and foes: Prime Minister Borissov's surprise survival in Bulgaria 3. Prime ministers in minority governments: the case of Hungary 4. Prime ministers, presidents and ministerial selection in Lithuania 5. Puppets of the president? Prime ministers in post-communist Romania Conclusion: Weak Chief Executives? Post-Communist Prime Ministers between their Parties, Parliaments and Presidents

About the author

Florian Grotz is Professor of Comparative Government at the Helmut-Schmidt-University, Hamburg, Germany.
Marko Kukec is Post-doctoral Researcher at the Helmut Schmidt University Hamburg, Germany.

Summary

This book focuses on Prime Ministers (PMs) in the post-communist democracies of Central and Eastern Europe. It shows how the survival of PMs in chief executive office depends on their interrelations with other actors in three different arenas.

Product details

• Authors: Florian (Helmut Schmidt University Grotz
• Assisted by: Florian Grotz (Editor), Grotz Florian (Editor), Marko Kukec (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.12.2024
• EAN: 9781032519715
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3251971-5
• No. of pages: 112
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Political Parties, Eastern Europe, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Political structure & processes, Political structure and processes, Political parties and party platforms