A landmark text in the study of the new post-communist political systems in post-Cold War Europe. It offers fresh and illuminating insights into how executives are configured and function in the fast-changing contexts of transition, modernization, and Europeanization. It is a major contribution to comparative politics and required reading for all who wish to understand an essential aspect of how the new Europe functions.

Kenneth Dyson, Cardiff University, Wales

Recommended.

Choice Reviews

Undoubtedly, this book is successful in the important task of clearing out the empirical terrain. In so doing, it raises a number of interesting questions about post-communist cabinets and institutions which authors are steadily engaged in addressing in their near future research.

Political Studies Review

An impressive, scholarly, and timely piece of work that provides substantial insight and empirical research in an area of rapidly growing importance.

Paul Lewis, Open University