The selection of ministers around the world

List of figures List of tables Notes on contributors Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 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 Governmen 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 Index