Administering the Summit Administration of the Core Executive in Developed Countries

by Peters, B. Guy; Rhodes, R. A. W.; Wright, Vincent

• ISBN13: 9780312230333
• ISBN10: 0312230338
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-06-17
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

Speaking truth to power demands diplomatic skills. This book looks at the way advice, which is needed by all executives, is provided to the summit of government in twelve advanced industrialized countries (Australia, Belgium, Britain, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Sweden, and the US). It examines the increasing pressures for centralization as core executives confront the differentiation and pluralization of government and the interplay of constitutional, political, and institutional factors.

Author Biography

B.Guy Peters is Maurice Falk Professor of American Government at the University of Pittsburgh.

R.A.W. Rhodes is Professor of Politics (Research) at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

Vincent Wright is the University Professor of Political Science at the University of Pittsburgh.

Table of Contents

List of Tables	vii
List of Figures	viii
Preface	ix
Notes on the Contributors	xii
PART I INTRODUCTION
Staffing the Summit - the Administration of the Core Executive: Convergent Trends and National Specificities	3	(22)
B. Guy Peters
R. A. W. Rhodes
Vincent Wright
PART II WESTMINSTER SYSTEMS
Administering the Summit: the British Prime Minister's Office	25	(18)
Christopher Clifford
Administering the Summit from a Canadian Perspective	43	(16)
B. Guy Peters
Donald J. Savoie
Administering the Summit: Australia	59	(22)
Patrick Weller
PART III OTHER PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEMS
Management of Politics in the German Chancellor's Office	81	(20)
Ferdinand Muller-Rommel
The Prime Minister's `Staff': the Case of Italy	101	(9)
Sabino Cassese
A Quasi-Presidential Premiership: Administering the Executive Summit in Spain	110	(24)
Paul Heywood
Ignacio Molina
Sweden: the Quest for Co-ordination	134	(19)
Neil C. M. Elder
Edward C. Page
How Informal Can You Be? The Case of Denmark	153	(23)
Tim Knudsen
Administering the Summit: the Greek Case	176	(20)
Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos
Serving the Japanese Prime Minister	196	(29)
Ian Neary
PART IV PRESIDENTIAL AND SEMI-PRESIDENTIAL SYSTEMS
Staffing the Summit: France	225	(20)
Robert Elgie
Administering the Summit in the United States	245	(20)
Bert A. Rockman
PART V CONCLUSION
The Struggle for Control	265	(6)
B. Guy Peters
R. A. W. Rhodes
Vincent Wright
Index	271