Majority summits: Decision‐making inside the cabinet and out: Italy, 1970–1990

Criscitiello, Annarita

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“…The coalition leadership often includes non-governmental members (and is then usually called a coalition committee), or may even be entirely outside the government (and is then usually called a party summit). They are known under various names: the famous Kressbonner Kreis during Germany's Grand coalition (von Beyme 1983: 33), Koalitionsausschüsse in Austria (Müller 1997: 135-136), Vertici in Italy (Criscitiello 1993), Torentjes overleg in The Netherlands (Timmermans & Andeweg 1997: 478-479), Interfractional meetings in Luxembourg (Dumont & De Winter 1997: 525-526), Von Wattenwyl talks in Switzerland (Klöti & Mosimann 1985: 172-173), etc. The coalition committee usually brings together the leaders of the parties in government and the governing parties in parliament, but the party president or other members of the party executive committee are often members as well.…”

Section: Hierarchy: Coalition Leadershipmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ministers as double agents? The delegation process between cabinet and ministers

Andeweg¹

2000

European J Political Res

107

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Delegation from cabinet to ministers is complicated because the cabinet consists of the same ministers that are supposed to act as its agents. In the extreme case ministers are completely autonomous within their portfolio. This paper argues that the resulting potential for agency loss is limited, but not negated, by both hierarchy and collective decision-making in cabinet, or by establishing direct delegation relationships between legislative committees or political parties and ministers, bypassing the government. Appointments to ministerial office are the prevailing exception to ministerial autonomy. To the extent that ministerial preferences are not stable and exogenous, screening before appointments is an ineffective control, and ministerial identification with departmental interests is the most probable source of agency loss.

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Section: Hierarchy: Coalition Leadershipmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ministers as double agents? The delegation process between cabinet and ministers

Andeweg¹

2000

European J Political Res

107

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“…Empirical studies (Verzichelli and Cotta 2000) have shown that both the most frequently used arenas, and those employed for the most serious conflicts, were either mixed (involving both government members and actors outside government) or external (many of the meetings being ad hoc and always bringing together the party leaders). A typical arena was the majority summit between prime ministers (except in rare cases) and coalition party leaders and, depending on the case, other actors (Criscitiello 1993(Criscitiello , 1996.…”

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Party, coalition, premiership: the role of Silvio Berlusconi in coalition dynamics and its determinants

Vercesi

2013

Contemporary Italian Politics

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Silvio Berlusconi has unquestionably been one of Italy's most important political figures since the early 1990s. The general election campaign of February 2013 demonstrated that he is anything but out of the political game. Consequently, it seems worthwhile to examine Berlusconi as a prime minister and coalition leader. This article seeks to understand the extent to which he was able to command and guide his governing coalition, as Prime Minister, as well as his influence and the constraints on his actions. After presenting the theoretical framework, the article examines Berlusconi within the context of Italian political history and explores his impact on coalition governance by illustrating two cases of how he managed intra-coalition conflicts during his second term of office. Finally, it discusses the findings and highlights the resources Berlusconi was able to deploy 'against' his allies and the constraints he faced as Prime Minister. A brief comparison of Berlusconi and other Italian prime ministers is provided.

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“…Sometimes important decisions are negotiated outside the legislature between the interest groups, the government and the parties. Such informal forms of "extra-governmental party bargaining" (Criscitiello 1993) have been established in the form of "majority summits." 7 Although Italian governments have been chronically unstable, they have nevertheless consisted of majority coalitions most of the time since the 1980s.…”

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confidence: 99%

Policy-Making Processes and the European Constitution

2006

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This new book presents a wealth of new data documenting and analyzing the different positions taken by European governments in the development of the European constitution.Understanding how constitutional decisions are taken in the EU is of great societal and scientific relevance. This volume examines how these decisions have substantial effects on the sovereignty of nation states and on the lives of citizens, independent of the ratification of a constitution.Few efforts have been made to document constitution building in a systematic and comparative manner, including the different steps and stages of the process. This book examines European constitution building by tracing the two-level policy formation process from the draft proposal of the European Convention until the Intergovernmental Conference, which finally adopted the document on the constitution in June 2004. Following a tight comparative framework, it sheds light on reactions to the proposed constitution in the domestic arena of all the actors involved. The volume includes a chapter on each of the original 15 member states and the ten accession states, plus chapters on the European Commission and European Parliament.Building a clear understanding of the affects of constitutional decisions, the book will be of strong interest to scholars and researchers of European Union politics, comparative politics and policy making.

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Majority summits: Decision‐making inside the cabinet and out: Italy, 1970–1990

Cited by 11 publications

References 6 publications

Ministers as double agents? The delegation process between cabinet and ministers

Ministers as double agents? The delegation process between cabinet and ministers

Party, coalition, premiership: the role of Silvio Berlusconi in coalition dynamics and its determinants

Policy-Making Processes and the European Constitution

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