Executive Politics in Times of Crisis

PHILIPPE BEZES Senior Research Fellow, Centre National des Researches Scientifiques, Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches de Sciences Administratives et Politiques, University of Paris I, FranceARJEN BOIN Professor of Public Governance and Crisis Management, Utrecht School of Governance, University of Utrecht, the NetherlandsJULIA FLEISCHER Research Fellow, German Research Institute for Public Administration Speyer, Germany SHARON GILAD Senior Lecturer, Department of Political Science and Federman School of Public Policy, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel NILIMA GULRAJANI Lecturer in Public Administration and Development, Departments of Government and International Development, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK THURID HUSTEDT Fellow in Political Science, Administration and Organization, University of Potsdam, GermanyWILL JENNINGS Hallsworth Research Fellow, School of Social Sciences, University of Manchester, UK MARTIN LODGE Reader in Political Science and Public Policy, Department of Government and the Centre for Analysis of Risk and Regulation, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK WILL LOWE Senior Researcher, Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung (MZES), Mannheim University, GermanyFELICITY MATTHEWS Lecturer in Public Policy, Department of Politics, University of York, UK JAN-HINRIK MEYER-SAHLING Associate Professor of European Politics, School of Politics and International Relations, University ofNottingham, UK SALVADOR PARRADO Professor in Political Science and Public Administration, Department of Political Science and Administration, UNED (Universidad Nacional de Educación), Madrid, SpainPAUL 'T HART Professor of Public Administration, Utrecht School of Governance, University of Utrecht, the NetherlandsCHRISTIAN VAN STOLK, Research Leader on the Evaluation and Performance Audit team, RAND EuropeKAI WEGRICH Professor of Public Policy and Administration, Hertie School of Governance, Berlin, Germnay KUTSAL YESILKAGIT Associate Professor, Utrecht School of Governance, University of Utrecht, the Netherlands

• 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

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 governmentsin dealing with the various ongoing crises, it also makes a convincing case thatin times of crisis, political science and public administration as scholarly disciplines canno longer afford the 'luxury' of remaining in the cosy confines of their currently establisheddisciplinary boundaries. - West European Politics