| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 415 pages) |
| Series |
Comparative politics |
|
Comparative politics (Oxford University Press)
|
| Contents |
""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of Figures""; ""List of Tables""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""Part 1: Studying Party Patronage""; ""1. Party Patronage as an Organizational Resource""; ""2. Measuring Party Patronage Through Structured Expert Interviews""; ""Part 2: Party Patronage in Europe""; ""3. Party Patronage in Austria: From Reward to Control""; ""4. �ATradition We Don�t Mess With�: Party Patronage in Bulgaria""; ""5. Give Me Trafika: Party Patronage in the Czech Republic""; ""6. Party Patronage in Denmark: The Merit State with Politics �On the Side�"" |
|
""7. Party Patronage in Germany: The Strategic Use of Appointments""""8. Party Patronage in Greece: Political Entrepreneurship in a Party Patronage Democracy""; ""9. Party Patronage in Hungary: Capturing the State""; ""10. Party Patronage in Iceland: Rewards and Control Appointments""; ""11. Party Patronage in Ireland: Changing Parameters""; ""12. Party Patronage in Italy: A Matter for Solitary Leaders""; ""13. Party Patronage in the Netherlands: Sharing Appointments to Maintain Consensus""; ""14. Appointments to Public Administration in Norway: No Room for Political Parties?"" |
|
""15. Party Patronage in Portugal: Treading in Shallow Water""""16. Party Patronage in Spain: Appointments for Party Government""; ""17. Party Patronage in the United Kingdom: A Pendulum of Public Appointments""; ""Part 3: Conclusion""; ""18. Conclusion: Party Patronage in Contemporary Europe""; ""Appendix 1: Procedure for Data Aggregation and Common Indicators""; ""Appendix 2: Questionnaire for the Expert Interviews""; ""Appendix 3: Institutions Covered by the Analysis in Germany""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""M""; ""N""; ""P"" |
|
""R""""s""; ""u"" |
| Summary |
Party Patronage and Party Government in European Democracies brings together insights from the worlds of party politics and public administration in order to analyze the role of political parties in public appointments across contemporary Europe. Based on an extensive new data gathered through expert interviews in fifteen European countries, this book offers the first systematic comparative assessment of the scale of party patronage and its role in sustaining modern partygovernments. Among the key findings are: First, patronage appointments tend to be increasingly dominated by the party in public office rather than being used or controlled by the party organization outside parliament. Second, rather than using appointments as rewards, as used to be the case in moreclientelistic systems in the past, parties are now more likely to emphasize appointments that can help them to manage the infrastructure of government and the state. In this way patronage becomes an organizational rather than an electoral resource. Third, patronage appointments are increasingly sourced from channels outside of the party, thus helping to make parties look increasingly like network organizations, primarily constituted by their leaders and their personal and political hinterlands.Comparative Politics is a series for students, teachers, and researchers of political science that deals with contemporary government and politics. Global in scope, books in the series are characterised by a stress on comparative analysis and strong methodological rigour. The series is published in association with the European Consortium for Political Research. For more information visit: www.essex.ac.uk/ecprThe Comparative Politics series is edited by Professor David M. Farrell, School of Politics and International Relations, University College Dublin, Kenneth Carty, Professor of Political Science, University of British Columbia, and Professor Dirk Berg-Schlosser, Institute of Political Science, Philipps University, Marburg |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Democracy -- Europe
|
|
Political parties -- Europe
|
|
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies -- Democracy.
|
|
Partis politiques.
|
|
Administration publique.
|
|
Fonction publique.
|
|
Elections.
|
|
Affiliation politique.
|
|
Politique comparée.
|
|
Democracy
|
|
Political parties
|
|
Politics and government
|
| SUBJECT |
Europe -- Politics and government -- 1989- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90004797
|
| Subject |
Europe.
|
|
Europe
|
| Form |
Electronic book
|
| Author |
Kopecký, Petr.
|
|
Mair, Peter.
|
|
Spirova, Maria.
|
| ISBN |
9780191611483 |
|
0191611484 |
|
9780199599370 |
|
0199599378 |
|
1283577119 |
|
9781283577113 |
|
9780191741517 |
|
0191741515 |
|
