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Introduction: Western European Cabinets in Comparative Perspective,rnments are not only similar in that they are based on general liberal democratic principles which are broadly accepted by the whole population. They are also similar in that they embody institutional arrangements which give to these liberal democracies the same decision-making framework. Authoritar

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The United Kingdom,nt of government’, the source of most legislative and administrative decisions, and the body that is most fully involved in the major decisions of government (Hanson and Walles, 1984; Mackintosh, 1977). This conventional view of cabinet emphasises its position ‘at the apex of the executive’ (Gordon

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Ireland. The Irish Cabinet System: More British than the British Themselves,s of a Westminister-style system of cabinet government. The term ‘cabinet’ does not occur in the Constitution, which refers to ‘the government’, and provides a basic but incomplete — and in some ways misleading — description of the role of the executive in the Republic of Ireland (Chubb, 1976; Chubb

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The Netherlands: Coalition Cabinets in Changing Circumstances,e Ministers, sign the bills and give the annual address to Parliament outlining the government’s plans, but the Ministers are answerable to Parliament, and in practice only Parliament can dismiss them.

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France: Cabinet Decision-Making under the Fifth Republic,ence of a public debate between the members of the government in an article entitled ‘Governing differently’ (., 20th April 1982). This point of view divided the members of the government as well as the majority because it acted counter to the traditional conception of governmental decision-making w

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Italy: A Fragmented Government,id the institution of government find explicit mention and regulation in the highest legal text of the country. Under the previous Constitution, the Piedmontese . of 1848 progressively extended to cover the entire country with the process of Italian unification, the cabinet was not clearly mentioned

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Austria: Routine and Ritual,e federal government, as the collective top executive body is officially called. This is rather surprising since the political culture of the country usually places a great deal of emphasis on legality and legal regulations (Gerlich, 1981). However, the few explicit norms concerning the cabinet have