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Ideologues, Partisans, and Loyalists - Ministers and Policymaking in Parliamentary Cabinets (Hardcover)
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Ideologues, Partisans, and Loyalists - Ministers and Policymaking in Parliamentary Cabinets (Hardcover)
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For the past thirty years scholars have debated the role of
political parties in fiscal, monetary, and social welfare policies.
Some argue that Social Democratic parties are more committed to
advancing and maintaining welfare protection, while others claim
that party ideology has ceased to explain parties' policy choices
due to the constraining forces of economic globalization,
deindustrialization, and electoral volatility. Indeed, the
empirical findings in support of partisan arguments are mixed. Much
of this rich literature treats political parties as uniform and
cohesive entities when it comes to forming government policy.
Ideologues, Partisans, and Loyalists challenges this assumption and
advances the argument that ideology and partisan policy preferences
play a major role in policy choices, yet they are not necessarily
observable at the government or even at the party level. Instead,
we often need to look at the individual level - particularly at the
cabinet minister who is in charge of the policy in question to
predict policy outcomes. Ideologues, Partisans, and Loyalists
innovatively argues that cabinet ministers can have very important
policy role as policy agenda setters. Yet, not all ministers are
equally effective policy-makers. Some make a difference, while
others do not. Loyalists are loyal to their party leader and
prioritize office over policy; partisans are party heavyweights and
aspiring leaders; and ideologues have fixed policy ideas and are
unwilling to compromise for the perks of holding office. Only
ideologues and partisans can effectively change social welfare and
labour market policy, above and beyond what their government
mandates.
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