The Selection of Ministers around the World (Routledge Research on Social and Political Elites) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 041563346X ISBN 13: 9780415633468

Publisher: Routledge, 2014

Synopsis

Governing cabinets are composed of ministers who come and go even as governments march on. They work for the chief executive, the prime minister or the president, for their parties and for the constituent groups from which they come. They are chosen for their role and dismissed from it for all sorts of reasons that vary across time and country.

This book examines the process of selection, shuffling and removal of ministers in national cabinets around the world. Drawing on original data over several decades, it offers a series of case studies of countries from around the world with differing institutional and cultural structures including presidential and semi-presidential systems, and parliamentary, unitary and federal systems, some of which have experienced periods under authoritarian regimes. Featuring 14 case studies on North and South America, Asia, Africa, Australia and New Zealand, this book complements the earlier volume The Selection of Ministers in Europe (Routledge, 2009).

This volume will be an important reference for students and scholars of political science, government, executives, comparative politics and political parties.

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About the Author

Keith Dowding is Professor of Political Science in the School of Politics and International Relations, Research School of Social Sciences at the Australian National University.

Patrick Dumont is Researcher at the Institute of Political Science of the University of Luxembourg.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 041563346X
• ISBN 13: 9780415633468
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304
• Editor: Dowding Keith, Dumont Patrick