Samuel Berlinski, Torun Dewan, Keith Dowding

Accounting for Ministers

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"Accounting for Ministers uses the tools of modern political science to analyse the factors which determine the fortunes of cabinet ministers. Utilizing agency theory, it describes cabinet government as a system of incentives for prime ministerial and parliamentary rule. The authors use a unique dataset of ministers from 1945 to 2007 to examine the structural and individual characteristics that lead to the selection and durability of ministers. Sensitive to historical context, the book describes the unique features of different prime ministers and the sorts of issues and scandals that lead to the forced exit of ministers. The authors identify the structural factors that determine ministerial performance and tenure, seeing resignation calls as performanceindicators. Probing the nature of individual and collective responsibility within Westminster forms of government, the book's rigorous analysis provides powerful new insights into the nature of cabinet government"--

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. März 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 458g
• ISBN-13: 9780521519724
• ISBN-10: 0521519721
• Artikelnr.: 34540657

Autorenporträt

Samuel Berlinski is Lead Research Economist in the Research Department of the Inter-American Development Bank.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Managing the Cabinet: principal-agent relations in government
3. The structure of British government
4. Who serves in government and how long do they last?
5. The Prime Minister and Cabinet
6. Performance measures and forced exits
7. Ministerial performance and tenure
8. Conclusions
Bibliography
Index.