@inbook{f86411e9914842d4ac0c868c34d73197,
title = "From oblivion to limelight: Stability and change in Dutch post-prime ministerial careers",
abstract = "Even though the Prime Minister (PM) has been the primus inter pares within Dutch government for a long time, the holders of the office were not supposed to flex their muscles. The role of chairman of the council of ministers was, historically, rotated among the members of the Cabinet. So Dutch PMs traditionally had only informal sources of influence. They first and foremost had to be good diplomats and effective back-room operators to keep their fractious multiparty coalition cabinets together. And they had to do so with relatively few formal powers.",
keywords = "Prime Minister, Party Leader, Lisbon Treaty, Party Congress, Issue Advocate",
author = "{de Vries}, J. and {t Hart}, P. and H. Onstein",
year = "2012",
doi = "10.1057/9781137265319_9",
language = "Undefined/Unknown",
isbn = "978-1-349-33971-6",
series = "Palgrave Studies in Political Leadership Series ",
publisher = "Palgrave Macmillan",
pages = "161--185",
editor = "{de Vries}, J. and K. Theakston",
booktitle = "Former Leaders in Modern Democracies",
address = "United Kingdom",
}