Core Executives in a Comparative Perspective

Part I: Setting the scene. - Chapter 1. In the beginning: The story of a concept (Kristoffer Kolltveit and Richard Shaw). - Chapter 2. Core executive studies in the wild (Richard Shaw and Kristoffer Kolltveit). - Chapter 3. Court politics: From metaphor to theory (R. A. W. Rhodes). - Part II: Core executives in Westminster contexts. - Chapter 4. Court politics in an age of austerity: David Cameron s court, 2010 2016 (R. A. W. Rhodes). - Chapter 5. Ireland s core executive at one hundred years of self-government: Navigating coalition, crisis and complexity(Bernadette Connaughton). - Chapter 6. New Zealand: The core within the core (Richard Shaw and Rose Cole). - Part III: Core executives in Continental countries. - Chapter 7. On a wildgoose chase? The (core) executive in Germany (Anna Hundehege and Thurid Hustedt). - Chapter 8. The Netherlands: How weak prime ministers gain influence (Erik-Jan van Dorp and R. A. W. Rhodes). - Part IV: Core executives in Scandinavia. - Chapter 9. The Swedish executive: Centralising from afar (Erik Brinde, Thurid Hustedt and Heidi HoulbergSalomonsen). - Chapter 10. The Danish core executive: From `duopoly to `monopoly ? (Heidi Houlberg Salomonsen and Amalie Trangbæk). - Chapter 11. The Norwegian core executive: Baronial courts and inner circles? (Kristoffer Kolltveit and Jostein Askim). - Part V: Conclusion. - Chapter 12. Continuity and change: Explaining developments and looking to the future (Kristoffer Kolltveit and Richard Shaw).