Selection and Tenure of Foreign Ministers Around the World

This Element focuses on foreign ministers, making an important empirical contribution by presenting an original dataset on the personal and professional background of foreign ministers, spanning 13 countries and more than 200 years.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Foreign ministers since 1789; 3. What explains who is appointed as foreign minister?; 4. Why are foreign ministers fired?; 5. Conclusions; Appendix; References.

Summary

This Element focuses on foreign ministers, making an important empirical contribution by presenting an original dataset on the personal and professional background of foreign ministers, spanning 13 countries and more than 200 years.

Product details

• Authors: Hanna Back, Hanna (Lund University) Back, Hanna (Lund University) Flores Back, Hanna Bäck, Alejandro Quiroz Flores, Alejandro Quiroz (University of Essex) Flores, Jan Teorell, Jan (Stockholm University) Teorell, Teorell Jan
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.2024
• EAN: 9781009441810
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0944181-0
• No. of pages: 78
• Series: Elements in International Relations
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, Regional Studies, Comparative Politics, Diplomacy, Regional / International studies