Wratil, Christopher ORCID: 0000-0002-7339-9628 and Pastorella, Giulia (2018). Dodging the bullet: How crises trigger technocrat-led governments. Eur. J. Polit. Res., 57 (2). S. 450 - 473. HOBOKEN: WILEY. ISSN 1475-6765

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Abstract

Governments led by nonpartisan, technocratic' prime ministers are a rare phenomenon in parliamentary democracies, but have become more frequent since the late 1980s. This article focuses on the factors that lead to the formation of such cabinets. It posits that parliamentary parties with the chance to win the prime ministerial post will only relinquish it during political and economic crises that drastically increase the electoral costs of ruling and limit policy returns from governing. Statistical analyses of 469 government formations in 29 European democracies between 1977 and 2013 suggest that political scandals and economic recessions are major drivers of the occurrence of technocratic prime ministers. Meanwhile, neither presidential powers nor party system fragmentation and polarisation have any independent effect. The findings suggest that parties strategically choose technocrat-led governments to shift blame and re-establish their credibility and that of their policies in the face of crises that de-legitimise their rule.

Item Type: Journal Article
Creators:
CreatorsEmailORCIDORCID Put Code
Wratil, ChristopherUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0002-7339-9628UNSPECIFIED
Pastorella, GiuliaUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
URN: urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-188807
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6765.12234
Journal or Publication Title: Eur. J. Polit. Res.
Volume: 57
Number: 2
Page Range: S. 450 - 473
Date: 2018
Publisher: WILEY
Place of Publication: HOBOKEN
ISSN: 1475-6765
Language: English
Faculty: Unspecified
Divisions: Unspecified
Subjects: no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:
KeywordsLanguage
WESTERN-EUROPE; PARLIAMENTARY; PRESIDENTS; TERMINATION; DELEGATION; DEMOCRACY; PARTIES; EVENTS; POWERMultiple languages
Political ScienceMultiple languages
Refereed: Yes
URI: http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/18880

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