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Decision Arenas in Executive Decision Making: Cabinet Committees in Comparative Perspective

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  • Mackie, Thomas T.
  • Hogwood, Brian W.

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Decision making in political executives is an oddly neglected subject in political science. The roles played by both formal institutions and less formal mechanisms in arriving at decisions in political executives are surprisingly understudied. There have been some important comparative studies of political executives but these have tended to focus on the role of the head of the political executive – the president or prime minister. The distinctive nature of cabinet systems as against presidential systems has been well brought out but a comparative framework for the analysis of variations among cabinet systems in the role of decision arenas other than the full cabinet has not been developed. Blondel in his wide-ranging survey of government structures gives only a passing mention to cabinet committees. Accordingly, in seeking to place the roles of cabinet committees in perspective, we have found it necessary to develop our own framework of decision arenas in cabinet systems.

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  • Mackie, Thomas T. & Hogwood, Brian W., 1984. "Decision Arenas in Executive Decision Making: Cabinet Committees in Comparative Perspective," British Journal of Political Science, Cambridge University Press, vol. 14(3), pages 285-312, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:bjposi:v:14:y:1984:i:03:p:285-312_00
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