Author Description

Structural And Strategic Factors Affecting The Hiring And Firing Of Ministers / Keith Dowding And Patrick Dumont -- Hiring And Firing Ministers Under Informal Constraints: Germany / Jörn Fischer And André Kaiser -- Cabinet Dynamics And Ministerial Careers In The French Fifth Republic / Christopher Kam And Indridi Indridason -- Choosing, Moving And Resigning At Westminster, Uk / Samuel Berlinski... [et Al.] -- Italy: The Difficult Road Towards A More Effective Process Of Ministerial Selection / Luca Verzichelli -- Cabinet Dynamics In Democratic Spain (1977-2008) / José Real-dato And Miguel Jerez-mir -- Belgium: Ups And Downs Of Ministerial Careers In A Partitocratic Federal State / Patrick Dumont, Stefaan Fiers And Régis Dandoy -- Portugal: The Primacy Of 'independents' / António Costa Pinto And Pedro Tavares De Almeida -- In Tranquil Waters: Swedish Cabinet Ministers In The Postwar Era / Hanna Bäck... [et Al.] -- Constructing And Maintaining Irish Governments / Eoin O'malley -- More Safe Than Sound? Cabinet Ministers In Iceland / Gunnar Helgi Kristinsson -- Learning To Rule: Ministerial Careers In Post-communist Democracies / Katja Fettelschoss And Csaba Nikolenyi. Edited By Keith Dowding And Patrick Dumont. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.