The Prime Ministerialisation of Central European Parliamentary Regimes

Parliamentary government is changing. Across Central Europe, prime ministers increasingly shape cabinet decisions, party strategy and public debate, yet their authority depends on more than constitutional rules. This interdisciplinary volume develops prime ministerialisation as a framework for analysing shifts in executive power as both an institutional condition and an evolving political process. Its contributors examine political leadership, technocracy, mediatisation, representative democracy and security threats, before presenting studies of Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary. The volume considers the implications of stronger heads of government for democratic accountability, the rule of law and the resilience of parliamentary institutions.