Cabinet Instability and the Accumulation of Experience : the French fourth and fifth republics in comparative perspective
By: HUBER, John D.; MARTINEZ-GALLARDO, Cecilia
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ArticlePublisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, January 2004British Journal of Political Science 34, 1, p. 27-48Abstract: Drawing on arguments about politics during the French Fourth r, the concept of cabinet instability is reconsidered. Rather than studying cabinet duration, the article examines the accumulation of experience by individual cabinet ministers. two variables are measured in nineteen parliamentary democracies: portifolio experience (the experience of cabinet ministers in the specific portfolio). The results cast dout on existing claims about cabinet government in the Fourth and Fifth Republics. They also uncover substantial cabinet turnover in majoritarian systems, suggesting that existing claims about stability in such systems may be overstated
Drawing on arguments about politics during the French Fourth r, the concept of cabinet instability is reconsidered. Rather than studying cabinet duration, the article examines the accumulation of experience by individual cabinet ministers. two variables are measured in nineteen parliamentary democracies: portifolio experience (the experience of cabinet ministers in the specific portfolio). The results cast dout on existing claims about cabinet government in the Fourth and Fifth Republics. They also uncover substantial cabinet turnover in majoritarian systems, suggesting that existing claims about stability in such systems may be overstated
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