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Potentials and limitations of executive leadership: the Austrian cabinet since 1945
Author(s) -
GERLICH PETER,
MÜLLER WOLFGANG C.,
PHILIPP WILFRIED
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
european journal of political research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.267
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1475-6765
pISSN - 0304-4130
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-6765.1988.tb00149.x
Subject(s) - cabinet (room) , dimension (graph theory) , representation (politics) , political science , sociology , public relations , law , mathematics , politics , engineering , mechanical engineering , pure mathematics
. This article analyzes the Austrian cabinet along the representation‐efficiency and the leadership‐collective decision‐making dimensions. After outlining the respective traditions of the Austrian cabinet some information about the personal styles of Austrian chancellors and their respective ability for leadership is provided. Some aspects of pre‐ministerial careers are analyzed in terms of the representation‐efficiency dimension, while a discussion of cabinet life tries to detect indicators for the systematic analysis of the leadership‐collective decision‐making dimension. The final section links the two dimensions: in the Austrian case high leadership efficiency on the one hand and collective decision‐making representation on the other appear to be positively correlated.