Core Executive Institutions in Poland

Abstract

This chapter maps cross-temporal variation in position, authority, and information rules that the Polish core executive employed in order to extend selective incentives and monitoring to cabinet ministers and departments. It finds that over the first two years of the Buzek government, the core provided limited mobilization for ministries to comply with EU legislative commitments. In mid-1999, there was increased mobilization of lines ministries and their departments by the core executive. The chapter documents the emergence and consolidation of a strong “European” core under the Buzek and Miller cabinets.