The Oxford Handbook of Political Executives

Political executives have been at the centre of public and scholarly attention long before the inception of modern political science. In the contemporary world, political executives have come to dominate the political stage in many democratic and autocratic regimes. The Oxford Handbook of Political Executives marks the definitive reference work in this field. Edited and written by a team of word-class scholars, it combines substantive stocktaking with setting new agendas for the next generation of political executive research.

1 - The Political Executive Returns: Re-Empowerment and Rediscovery
2 - Historical Approaches
3 - New Institutional Approaches to the Study of Political Executives
4 - Psychology and the Study of Political Executives
5 - A Rational Choice Perspective on Political Executives
6 - Ethnographic Approaches
7 - Feminist Approaches to the Study of Political Executives
8 - Constructivist Approaches
9 - Ethical Approaches
10 - Methodology and the Study of the Political Executive
11 - Presidential Pathways and Profiles
12 - Political Careers of Ministers and Prime Ministers
13 - Women and the Executive Politics
14 - Personalities and Beliefs of Political Executives
15 - Government Formation and Termination
16 - The Distribution of Ministerial Posts in Parliamentary Systems
17 - Post-Executive Activities
18 - The Presidentialization of Political Executives
19 - Measuring Presidential and Prime-Ministerial Power
20 - Presidents and Cabinets
21 - Inside the Coordination Paradigm: New Perspectives on Minority Presidents and Coalition Management
22 - Cabinet Decision-Making in Parliamentary Systems
23 - Parties and Executives in Parliamentary Systems
24 - Leadership Styles of Political Executives
25 - Political Advisers in the Executive Branch
26 - Politicians and Bureaucrats in Executive Government
27 - Executive-Legislative Relations in Democratic Regimes
28 - Judicialization and the Political Executive
29 - Political Executives and the Mediatization of Politics
30 - Interest Groups and Lobbying in Political Executives
31 - Public Opinion and Executive Approval
32 - Performance and Evaluation of Political Executives
33 - Executive Politics in Multi-Level Systems: the EU
34 - Political Executives in Autocratic and Hybrid Regimes
35 - 4. Political Executives in Authoritarian Monarchies
36 - 4. Political Executives in Party-Based Dictatorships
37 - 4. Political Executives in Military Regimes

Rudy B. Andeweg is Professor of Political Science, Leiden University. His publications include Myth and Reality of the Legitimacy Crisis (edited with C. van Ham, J. Thomassen, and K Aarts, OUP, 2017), and Puzzles of Government Formation (edited with L. de Winter and P. Dumont, Routledge, 2011). Robert Elgie was Paddy Moriarty Professor of Government and International Studies, Dublin City University. His publications include The Politics of Presidential Term Limits (edited with Alexander Baturo, OUP, 2019), and The Oxford Handbook of French Politics (edited with Robert Elgie, Emiliano Grossman, and Amy G. Mazur, OUP, 2016). Ludger Helms is Professor of Political Science, University of Innsbruck. His publications include Presidents, Prime Ministers, and Chancellors (Palgrave, 2005) and Comparative Political Leadership (Palgrave, 2012). Juliet Kaarbo is Professor of Foreign Policy, University of Edinburgh. Her publications include Domestic Role Contestation, Foreign Policy, and International Relations (edited wtih Cristian Cantir, Routledge, 2016) and Coalition Politics and Cabinet Decision Making (University of Michigan Press, 2012). Ferdinand Müller-Rommel is Professor of Comparative Politics, Leuphana University Lüneburg. His publications include Party Politics and Democracy in Europe (edited with Fernando Casal Bértoa, Routledge, 2017), and Party Government in the New Europe (edited with Hans Keman, Routledge, 2014).