Core Executives in a Comparative Perspective

Part I: Setting the scene.- Chapter 1. In the beginning: The story of a concept ( Kristoffer Kolltveit and Richard Shaw ).- Chapter 2. Core executive studies in the wild ( Richard Shaw and Kristoffer Kolltveit ).- Chapter 3. Court politics: From metaphor to theory ( R.A.W. Rhodes ).- Part II: Core executives in Westminster contexts.- Chapter 4. Court politics in an age of austerity: David Cameron's court, 2010-2016 ( R.A.W. Rhodes ).- Chapter 5. Ireland's core executive at one hundred years of self-government: Navigating coalition, crisis and complexity( Bernadette Connaughton ).- Chapter 6. New Zealand: The core within the core ( Richard Shaw and Rose Cole ).- Part III: Core executives in Continental countries.- Chapter 7. On a wildgoose chase? The (core) executive in Germany ( Anna Hundehege and Thurid Hustedt ).- Chapter 8. The Netherlands: How weak prime ministers gain influence ( Erik-Jan van Dorp and R.A.W. Rhodes ).- Part IV: Core executives in Scandinavia.- Chapter 9. The Swedish executive: Centralising from afar ( Erik Brinde, Thurid Hustedt and Heidi HoulbergSalomonsen).- Chapter 10. The Danish core executive: From 'duopoly' to 'monopoly'? ( Heidi Houlberg Salomonsen and Amalie Trangb æk ).- Chapter 11. The Norwegian core executive: Baronial courts and inner circles? ( Kristoffer Kolltveit and Jostein Askim ).- Part V: Conclusion.- Chapter 12. Continuity and change: Explaining developments and looking to the future ( Kristoffer Kolltveit and Richard Shaw ).