Administering the Summit: Administration of the Core Executive in Developed Countries (Transforming Government)

Speaking truth to power demands diplomatic skills. This book looks at the way advice, which is needed by all executives, is provided to the summit of government in twelve advanced industrialized countries (Australia, Belgium, Britain, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Sweden, and the US). It examines the increasing pressures for centralization as core executives confront the differentiation and pluralization of government and the interplay of constitutional, political, and institutional factors.

B.Guy Peters is Maurice Falk Professor of American Government at the University of Pittsburgh. R.A.W. Rhodes is Professor of Politics (Research) at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Vincent Wright is the University Professor of Political Science at the University of Pittsburgh.