Comparative Executive Power in Europe

<p>This book provides an up-to-date interdisciplinary assessment of the accountability of executive power in different European States and at the European Union level. From a legal perspective it wonders to what extent the forms of responsibility and accountability of executive power have evolved in terms of legal technique or framework. From a historical perspective it looks at the evolution of responsibility paradigms. From a political science perspective it examines responsibility and the expectations of European democracies in terms of authority and efficiency. The volume also has a quantitative aspect identifying gathering and analysing statistical material on responsibility and accountability in current political regimes. </p><p>The book will be a valuable resource for researchers academics and policy-makers in constitutional law and politics public law comparative law comparative politics legal history and government.</p>