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Governing New European Democracies is a fully comparative study of decision-making processes in the cabinets of ten post-communist countries of East-Central and South-Eastern Europe. It is based on interviews collected from over 300 ministers. This book provides the first comprehensive panorama of life in cabinet governments

Politics in Latin America in the past third of a century (1978-2015) / Manuel Alcantara -- Presidential leadership in Latin America / Jean-Louis Thiebault -- The character of the "government" in Latin American presidential republics / Jean Blondel -- Political career trajectories and social backgrounds : Latin American presidents in comparative perspective (1978-2015) / Manuel Alcantara, Melany Barragan and Francisco Sanchez -- Mexico : Zedillo and Calderon : the challenges of governing under adversity / Marisol Reyes -- Colombia : political leadership in a turbulent environment, Cesar Gaviria and Alvaro Uribe Velez / Javier Duque -- The singularity of Peruvian politics and the role of presidential leadership : the cases of Alberto Fujimori and Alan Garcia / Martin Tanaka and Jorge Morel -- Presidential leadership in a robust presidency : the Brazilian case / Magna Inacio -- Menem and Kirchner : the two faces of Peronism? / Mario D. Serrafero -- The presidential government of Chile / Carlos Huneeus.

"The question of the relationship between parties and the governments which they support has not so far been given the attention it deserves. This is surprising from both a normative and an empirical standpoint. The reasons why this question has not been studied so far have probably to do with the notion, held unconsciously but also strongly, that the problem is a simple one. As with all matters which are understudied, there is some tendency to simplify and in this case to believe that parliamentary government, in Western Europe at least, is party government. Yet, as one looks more closely at the problem, the simplicity of the answer begins to vanish. What we therefore need to do, first, is to examine what the expression 'party government' really means. This examination will begin to raise in our minds questions about the validity of the 'idealised concept' of party government. This will lead us to adopt a more sedate view of what party government consists of as well as to notice that there are substantial variations in the content of party government in different countries." [author's abstract]