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The Nature of Party Government examines on a comparative basis the relationship betwen governments and the political parties which support them. This book highlihts the fact that, if parties in western European democracies have a strong influence upon governements, executives - far from being a passive instrument - have an important influence within parties. Party government is in fact a two-way relationship.

JEAN BLONDEL is Professor of Political Science at the European University Institute in Florence and is external Professor attached to its Schuman Centre. He is the author of several books on government, among them, World Leaders, Government Ministers in the Contemporary World, Comparative Government, and co-editor (with M.Cotta) of Party and Government. - MAURIZIO COTTA is Professor of Political Science at the University of Florence. He has written on parliamentary institutions and legislative recruitment in Italian politics and on governments. He was co-editor (with J. Blondel) of Party and Government (1996) and Parliamentary Representatives in Europe.