Ministerial Resignations 1945-97

This article reports on data collected on ministerial resignations and non‐resignations 1945–1997. It analyses the reasons why ministers resign and patterns that emerge in terms of the types of issues that are more likely to lead to resignation, and variances between different Prime Ministers, parti...

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Published inPublic administration (London) Vol. 76; no. 3; pp. 411 - 429
Main Authors Dowding, Keith, Kang, Won-Taek
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, UK and Boston, USA Blackwell Publishers Ltd 1998
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Subjects
Administrative science
Member of government
Ministerial cabinets
Ministers
Political history
Political parties
Politicians
Polls & surveys
Public administration
Resignations
United Kingdom
United Kingdom > UK
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Summary:This article reports on data collected on ministerial resignations and non‐resignations 1945–1997. It analyses the reasons why ministers resign and patterns that emerge in terms of the types of issues that are more likely to lead to resignation, and variances between different Prime Ministers, parties and over time. It provides the first fully quantified analysis of ministerial resignations in Britain in the post‐war period to enhance the impressionistic analyses which have been offered before.
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ISSN:0033-3298
1467-9299
DOI:10.1111/1467-9299.00109