Comparing Cabinets: Dilemmas of Collective Government

Why is cabinet government so resilient? Despite many obituaries, why does it continue to be the vehicle for governing across most parliamentary systems? Comparing Cabinets answers these questions by examining the structure and performance of cabinet government in five democracies: the United Kingdom, Denmark, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and Australia.

The book is organised around the dilemmas that cabinet governments must solve: how to develop the formal rules and practices that can bring ...