EXECUTIVE-LEGISLATIVE RELATIONS IN THE NETHERLANDS: CONSECUTIVE AND COEXISTING PATTERNS

In: Legislative studies quarterly, Band 27, Heft 2, S. 161-182

Abstract

IN MANY DUTCH AND COMPARATIVE STUDIES OF EXECUTIVE-LEGISLATIVE RELATIONS THE DUTCH CASE ELUDES STRAIGHTFORWARD CLASSIFICATION. APPLICATION OF KING'S TYPOLOGY OF MODES OF EXECUTIVE-LEGISLATIVE RELATIONS SHOW THAT THE PATTERN OF INTERACTIONS BETWEEN MINISTERS AND MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT HAS EVOLVED FROM A PRIMARILY NONPARTY MODE TO A PREDOMINANTLY INTERPARTY MODE. HOWEVER, DUTCH EXECUTIVE-LEGISLATIVE RELATIONS APPEAR AMBIGUOUS PRIMARILY BECAUSE ALL MODES STILL EXIST TO SOME EXTENT.