| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 425 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Contributors; 1 Professional Politicians: Towards a Comparative Perspective; 2 Australia: Party Politicians as a Political Class; 3 Belgium: Political Professionals and the Crisis of the Party State; 4 Canada: Political Careers between Executive Hopes and Constituency Work; 5 Denmark: Professionalism in an Egalitarian Political Culture; 6 Finland: From Political Amateurs to Political Class; 7 France: Enduring Notables, Weak Parties, and Powerful Technocrats; 8 Germany: From "Guilds of Notables" to Political Class |
| Summary |
Professional politicians have increasingly come under public attack in democratic countries, yet they have received little attention in political science. This text shows that there are both similarities between professional politicians in different countries and notable national peculiarities |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Comparative government.
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Politicians.
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Democracy.
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Democracy
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politicians.
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comparative politics.
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democracy.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Leadership.
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Comparative government
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Democracy
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Politicians
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Politici.
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Professionalisering.
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Democratie.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Borchert, Jens, 1961-
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Zeiss, Jürgen.
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| ISBN |
9780191531996 |
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0191531995 |
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0199260362 |
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9780199260362 |
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9780191601873 |
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019160187X |
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