Features of the appointment, responsibilities and roles of prime ministers, ministers and civil servants in the governmental cabinets of parliamentary democracies

Abstract

The research is dedicated to clarifying the parameters and features of the appointment, responsibilities and roles of prime ministers, ministers and civil servants in the governmental cabinets of parliamentary democracies, including on the example of European countries. This is actualized by the fact that governmental cabinets in parliamentary democracies, regardless of their type, i.e. majority or minority ones, are typically party cabinets, and thus inter-party and intra-party relations significantly determine the characteristics of appointment, responsibilities and roles of governmental cabinets’ members and the fact of parties’ interest or disinterest in forming and/or supporting governmental cabinets of one type or another. The study is con- ducted in a comparative manner, in particular by comparing the specifics of the appointment, responsibilities and roles of prime ministers, ministers and civil servants in majority govern- mental cabinets and minority government cabinets.