Jean-Louis QUERMONNE - An investigation of ministerial cabinets

Pouvoirs n°68 - Qui gouverne la France ? - janvier 1994 - p.61-75

Ministerial cabinets represent an example of what is called the « French exception ». Their predominance is supposed to protect the administrative services from the untimely pressures of the political world and of pressure groups. The cabinets are the targets of many criticisms (the wall they erect between the minister and his services, their precariousness, their work methods, their appointment procedure and the immunity of their members). However one may question the ability of the political power to reform these agencies where administration and politics too often meet. Résumé

Référence électonique : Jean-Louis QUERMONNE, "An investigation of ministerial cabinets", Pouvoirs, revue française d’études constitutionnelles et politiques, n°68, 1994, p.61-75. Consulté le 17-02-2012. URL : http://www.revue-pouvoirs.fr/An-investigation-of-ministerial.html