Scandal and Survival in British Government 1945–2007
by
Samuel Berlinski, Torun Dewan, Professor Keith Dowding
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2012
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...