Accounting for Ministers

by Samuel Berlinski, Torun Dewan, Keith Dowding

Book Overview

Accounting for Ministers uses the tools of modern political science to analyse the factors which determine the fortunes of Cabinet ministers. Utilising 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521519721
• ISBN13: 9780521519724
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"