Even though Prime Ministers (PMs) are the central actors in parliamentary democracies, little
comparative research explores what makes them perform successfully in office. This article …

As some of the most experienced political actors, party leaders usually have extensive
careers spanning multiple decades, competencies, and institutions. The literature on party …

How do political actors create and institutionalize revolutionary social transformation, and
what are the consequences of their efforts? In this paper, we provide a framework for …

Comeback prime ministers (CBPMs), who return to office after a break, have been a notable,
but conspicuously understudied, feature of several parliamentary democracies. This article …

The scholarship on political careers and recruitment has increasingly focused on the
conditions that foster the emergence of new political elites. However, top politicians in …

Are grants strategically allocated to towns where ministers live? This question is investigated
using panel data covering four legislative periods and 293 Flemish municipalities. The …

Abstract Three cabinets (Conte I, Conte II, and Draghi) entered office during the 18th
legislative term in Italy. In spite of the significant ideological differences between them, no …

REGIME changes, often brought about through violence (civil war, revolutionary upheaval,
coup d'état), have been a salient feature of political development in modern Portugal over …

Zusammenfassung Welche Personen die Regierung bilden, ist eine zentrale Frage der
Regierungsforschung. Der vorliegende Beitrag zeigt auf Basis komparativer und auf …

Mit ihrem Koalitionsvertrag „Mehr Fortschritt wagen “hat die im Dezember 2021 gebildete
Bundesregierung aus SPD, Grünen und FDP ein ambitioniertes Programm formuliert. 1 Im …