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.

Rudy B. Andeweg, Professor of Political Science, Leiden University,Robert Elgie, formerly Paddy Moriarty Professor of Government and International Studies, Dublin City University,Ludger Helms, Professor of Political Science, University of Innsbruck,Juliet Kaarbo, Professor of Foreign Policy, University of Edinburgh,Ferdinand M?ller-Rommel, Professor of Comparative Politics, Leuphana University L?neburg

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 M?ller-Rommel is Professor of Comparative Politics, Leuphana University L?neburg. His publications include Party Politics and Democracy in Europe (edited with Fernando Casal B?rtoa, Routledge, 2017), and Party Government in the New Europe (edited with Hans Keman, Routledge, 2014).

Introduction
1. The Political Executive Returns: Re-Empowerment and Rediscovery, Rudy Andeweg, Robert Elgie, Ludger Helms, Juliet Kaarbo, and Ferdinand M?ller-Rommel
I. Theorizing and Researching Political Executives
2. Historical Approaches, Matthew Laing and Brendan McCaffrie
3. New Institutional Approaches to the Study of Political Executives, Klaus H. Goetz
4. Psychology and the Study of Political Executives, Margaret G. Hermann and Juliet Kaarbo
5. A Rational Choice Perspective on Political Executives, Indridi H. Indridason and Christopher Kam
6. Ethnographic Approaches, R.A.W. Rhodes and Jack Corbett
7. Feminist Approaches to the Study of Political Executives, Karen Beckwith
8. Constructivist Approaches, Dennis C. Grube
9. Ethical Approaches, John Uhr
10. Methodology and the Study of the Political Executive, Robert Elgie
II. Composition and Life Cycle of Political Executives
11. Presidential Pathways and Profiles, Magna In?cio and Mariana Llanos
12. Political Careers of Ministers and Prime Ministers, Ferdinand M?ller-Rommel, Corinna Kr?ber, and Michelangelo Vercesi
13. Women and the Executive Politics, Diana Z. O'Brian and Catherine Reyes-Housholder
14. Personalities and Beliefs of Political Executives, Mark Schafer and Gary Smith
15. Government Formation and Termination, Petra Schleiter
16. The Distribution of Ministerial Posts in Parliamentary Systems, Hanna B?ck and Royes Carroll
17. Post-Executive Activities, Fortunato Musella
III. Dynamics and Developments Within Political Executives
18. The Presidentialization of Political Executives, Robert Elgie and Gianluca Passarelli
19. Measuring Presidential and Prime-Ministerial Power, David Doyle
20. Presidents and Cabinets, Robert Elgie
21. Inside the Coordination Paradigm: New Perspectives on Minority Presidents and Coalition Management, Paul Chaisty, Nic Cheeseman, and Timothy J. Power
22. Cabinet Decision-Making in Parliamentary Systems, Michelangelo Vercesi
23. Parties and Executives in Parliamentary Systems, Rudy Andeweg
24. Leadership Styles of Political Executives, Jonathan W. Keller
25. Political Advisers in the Executive Branch, Yee-Fui Ng
VI. Dynamics and Developments Between Political Executives and the Broader Political Context
26. Politicians and Bureaucrats in Executive Government, Tobias Bach and Kai Wegrich
27. Executive-Legislative Relations in Democratic Regimes, Maria C. Escobar-Lemmon and Michelle M. Taylor-Robinson
28. Judicialization and the Political Executive, Georg Vanberg
29. Political Executives and the Mediatization of Politics, Donatella Campus
30. Interest Groups and Lobbying in Political Executives, Direnc Kanol
31. Public Opinion and Executive Approval, Pedro C. Magalhaes
32. Performance and Evaluation of Political Executives, Ludger Helms
V. Political Executives Beyond the Democratic Nation-State
33. Executive Politics in Multi-Level Systems: the EU, Ingeborg T?mmel
34. Political Executives in Autocratic and Hybrid Regimes, Jody LaPorte
35. 4. Political Executives in Authoritarian Monarchies, Anna Sunik
36. 4. Political Executives in Party-Based Dictatorships, Alexander Baturo
37. 4. Political Executives in Military Regimes, Natasha Lindstaedt