Prime Ministers in Europe: Changing Career Experiences and Profiles

Ferdinand Müller-Rommel; Michelangelo Vercesi; Jan Berz

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-90891-1

Prime Ministers in Europe: Changing Career Experiences and Profiles

Ferdinand Müller-Rommel
, Michelangelo Vercesi
, Jan Berz

Trinity College Dublin

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Abstract

This book examines the changes in the career experiences and profiles of 350 European prime ministers in 26 European democracies from 1945 to 2020. It builds on a theoretical framework, which claims that the decline of party government along with the increase of populism, technocracy, and the presidentialization of politics have influenced the careers of prime ministers over the past 70 years. The findings show that prime ministers’ career experiences became less political and more technical. Moreover, their career profiles shifted from a traditional type of ‘party-agent’ to a new type of ‘party-principal’. These changes affected the recruitment of executive elites and their political representation in European democracies, albeit with different intensity and speed.

Original language	English

Place of Publication	London
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Edition	1
Number of pages	231
ISBN (Print)	978-3-030-90890-4, 978-3-030-90892-8
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-030-90891-1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-90891-1
Publication status	Published - 01.07.2022

Publication series

Name	Palgrave Studies in Political Leadership
ISSN (Print)	2947-5821
ISSN (Electronic)	2947-583X

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© 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

Research areas and keywords

Politics
Party government
Presindentalisation
Professionalisation
Political leadership
Elite selection and recruitment

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How Political Careers affect Prime-Ministerial Performance: Evidence from Central and Eastern Europe
Grotz, F., Müller-rommel, F., Berz, J., Kroeber, C. & Kukec, M., 09.2021, In: Comparative Political Studies. 54, 11, p. 1907-1938 32 p.
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Political Careers of Ministers and Prime Ministers
Müller-Rommel, F., Kroeber, C. & Vercesi, M., 30.07.2020, The Oxford Handbook of Political Executives. Andeweg, R. B., Elgie, R., Helms, L., Kaarbo, J. & Müller-Rommel, F. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 229-250 22 p. (Oxford Handbooks)(Oxford handbooks online / Political Science).
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8 Citations (Scopus)
The Oxford Handbook of Political Executives
Andeweg, R. B. (Editor), Elgie, R. (Editor), Helms, L. (Editor), Kaarbo, J. (Editor) & Müller-Rommel, F. (Editor), 30.07.2020, 1 ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 864 p.
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19 Citations (Scopus)

Prime Ministers in Europe. Changing Career Experiences and Profiles
Müller-Rommel, F. (Creator), Vercesi, M. (Creator) & Berz, J. (Creator), Harvard Dataverse, 01.06.2022
DOI: 10.7910/dvn/qx26vi, https://dataverse.harvard.edu/citation?persistentId=doi:10.7910/DVN/QX26VI
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Prime Ministers in Europe: Changing Career Experiences and Profiles

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Research areas and keywords

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Research output

How Political Careers affect Prime-Ministerial Performance: Evidence from Central and Eastern Europe

Political Careers of Ministers and Prime Ministers

The Oxford Handbook of Political Executives

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