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"A short, lively and innovative text, this book addresses the question of what constitutes good practice in a variety of political science methods and examines the philosophy that underpins them. It argues for a pluralistic approach that will deliver effective analysis and an in-depth understanding of political events"--

Covers of the use of power in the social sciences and the complex ways in which power has been used. Provides a reference for debates central to the issues of power in different contexts and for related topics, showing how these disparate topics are related to power.

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1. Introduction : agency rent, adverse selection and moral hazard / Keith Dowding and Patrick Dumont -- 2. New Zealand : stability, change or transition? : achieving and retaining ministerial office / Jennifer Curtin -- 3. Australia : ministerial characteristics in the Australian Federal Government / Keith Dowding and Chris Lewis -- 4. Japan : ministerial selection and de-selection / Mikitaka Masuyma and Benjamin Nyblade -- 5. South Korea : selection and de-selections of ministers in a presidential system / Won-Taek Kang -- 6. India : the selection and de-selection of cabinet ministers / Csaba Nikolenyi -- 7. Pakistan : ministerial turnover in the federal cabinet / Mariam Mufti -- 8. Russia : cabinet formation and careers in a super-presidential system / Elena Semenova -- 9. Turkey : cabinet dynamics and ministerial careers, 1950-2011 / Hande Mutlu-Eren -- 10. Israel : the choosing of the chosen / Ofer Kenig and Shlomit Barnea -- 11. Nigeria : cabinet dynamics amid structural changes in a post-colonial state / Henry A. Kifordu -- 12. Argentina : the ministers of the president 1983-2013 / Marcelo Camerlo -- 13. Chile : ministerial selection and de-selection / Peter M. Siavelis and Humberto Baruch Galvan -- 14. Canada : ministerial careers / Matthew Kerby -- 15. United States of America : the cabinet / Alejandro Quiroz Flores.

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 dif.

Over fifty years ago, Albert Hirschman argued that dissatisfied consumers could either voice complaint or exit when they were dissatisfied with goods or services. Loyal consumers would voice rather than exit. Hirschman argued that making exit easier from publicly provided services, such as health or education, would reduce voice, taking the richest and most articulate away and this would lead to the deterioration of public services. This book provides the first thorough empirical study of these ideas. Using a modified version of Hirschman's account, examining private and collective voice, and viewing loyalty as a form of social investment, it is grounded on a dedicated five-year panel study of British citizens. Given government policies over the past decade or more which make exit easier from public providers, this is a timely publication for all those who care about the quality of government services