Beschreibung:
1. Hiring, firing, roles and responsibilities / Keith Dowding and Chris Lewis -- 2. Ministers as ministries and the logic of their collective action / John Wanna -- 3. Predicting cabinet ministers: a psychological approach / Michael Dalvean -- 4. Democratic ambivalence? ministerial attitudes to party and parliamentary scrutiny / James Walter -- 5. Ministerial accountability to parliament / Phil Larkin -- 6. The pattern of forced exits from the ministry / Keith Dowding, Chris Lewis and Adam Packer -- 7. Ministers and scandals / Scott Brenton -- 8. A recent scandal : the Home Insulation Program / Chris Lewis -- 9. Assessing ministerial responsibility in Australia / Richard Mulgan