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Executive Politics in Times of Crisis brings together leading international scholars to consider key trends and challenges that have defined executive politics over the past decade. It showcases key debates in executive politics and contributes to an understanding of the ´executive factor´ in political life.

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Introduction: Executive Politics in Times of Crises; M.Lodge & K.Wegrich PARTI: DOCTRINES AND CONTEMPORARY TRENDS The Internationalization of National Bureaucracy; K.Yesilkagit Politicization and Executive Politics; D.E.Lewis The Macro-Politics of Managerialism: Revisiting Weberian Perspectives; P.Bezes International Development Through the Lens of Executive Politics; N.Gulrajani Towards NPM-ization of the Post- Communist State? Attitudes of Public Officials Towards Models of Bureaucracy in Central and Eastern Europe; J-H Meyer-Sahling , W.Lowe & C.van Stolk Executive Politics and Policy Instruments; M.Lodge & K.Wegrich Executive Politics and the Governance of Public Finance; P.Krause Attention and Reputation: Linking Regulators´ Internal and External Worlds; S.Gilad PART II:CRISES AND EXECUTIVE POLITICS Aligning Executive Action in Times of Austerity: The Politics of Crisis Co-ordination; A.Boin & P.´t Hart The Executive at Work During Times of Crisis; S.Parrado Governance, Governing, and the Capacity of Executives in Times of Crisis; F.Matthews Executive Politics, Risk and the Mega-Project Paradox; W.Jennings Sectoral Dynamics In Executive Politics: Co-ordinating Climate Policy in Germany; J.Fleischer & T.Hustedt Conclusion Executive Politics in a Changing Climate; M.Lodge & K.Wegrich

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Executive Politics in Times of Crisis is a highly relevant and an incredibly timely book.

Not only does the volume provide useful insights about the challenges faced by governments

in dealing with the various ongoing crises, it also makes a convincing case that

in times of crisis, political science and public administration as scholarly disciplines can

no longer afford the ´luxury´ of remaining in the cosy confines of their currently established

disciplinary boundaries. - West European Politics

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