The Politics of Agency Death: Ministers and the Survival of Government Agencies in a Parliamentary System

Published: May 1, 2014
Abstract
We extend the theory of government agency survival from separation of powers to parliamentary government systems. We suggest that agencies are at increased risk following a transition in government, prime minister, or departmental minister and in cases where the actors in the political executive overseeing an agency are different to those establishing it. We evaluate these expectations using survival models with a dataset of all UK executive...
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Title
The Politics of Agency Death: Ministers and the Survival of Government Agencies in a Parliamentary System
Published Date
May 1, 2014
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