The duration and durability of cabinet ministers

International Political Science Review

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 505-519

  Fischer, Jörn ^a   Dowding, Keith ^b   Dumont, Patrick ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Cabinet government; comparative politics; durability; ministers; political elites

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869771351     PISSN: 01925121     EISSN: 1460373X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192512112462971     Document Type: Article

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