{"product_id":"the-presidentialization-of-politics-9780199218493","title":"The Presidentialization of Politics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Presidentialization of Politics shows that the politics of democratic societies is moving towards a presidentialized working mode, even in the absence of formal institutional changes. These developments can be explained by a combination of long-term structural changes in modern politics and societies'' contingent factors which fluctuate over time. While these contingent, short-term factors relate to the personalities of office holders, the overall political agenda, and the majority situation in parliament, there are several structural factors which are relatively uniform across modern nations. First, the internationalization of modern politics (which is particularly pronounced within the European Union) has led to an ''executive bias'' of the political process which has strengthened the role of political top elites vis-à-vis their parliamentary groups and\/or their parties. Their predominance has been amplified further by the vastly expanded steering capacities of state machineries \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The Presidentialization of Politics in Democratic Societies: A Framework for Analysis The Presidentialization of Democracy in Democratic Societies ; 2. The British Prime Minister: Much More Than 'First Among Equals' ; 3. A Presidentializing Party State? The Federal Republic of Germany ; 4. Presidentialization, Italian Style ; 5. The Presidentialization of Spanish Democracy: Sources of Prime Ministerial Power in Post-Franco Spain ; 6. The Low Countries: From 'Prime Minister' to President-Minister ; 7. Denmark: Presidentialization in a Consensual Democracy ; 8. 'President Persson' How Did Sweden Get Him? ; 9. Canada: Executive Dominance and Presidentialization ; 10. Dyarchic Presidentialization in a Presidentialized Polity: The French Fifth Republic ; 11. Finland: Let the Force Be with the Leader. But Who Is the Leader? ; 12. The Presidentialization of Portuguese Democracy? ; 13. The Failure of Presidential Parliamentarism: Constitutional versus Structural Presidentialization in Israel's Parliamentary Democracy ; 14. The Semi-Sovereign American Prince: The Dilemma of an Independent President in a Presidential Government ; 15. The Presidentialization of Contemporary Democratic Politics: Evidence, Causes, and Consequences ; Index","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766977462615,"sku":"9780199218493","price":47.02,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780199218493.jpg?v=1758711934","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-presidentialization-of-politics-9780199218493","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}