Life after Political Death: The Fate of Leaders after Leaving High Office

Keane, John

doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199562992.003.0015

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“…Blondel's () and Nicholls’ () studies remained, until very recently, the only works in this field (for recent studies, see Stolz & Kintz ; Stolz & Fischer ). In addressing Keane's (: 282) call for developing a theoretical framework on life after office for ex‐ministers, we depart from the premise that ‘political careers do not proceed chaotically’ (Schlesinger : 118). A comprehensive approach to post‐ministerial occupation must assess how ambition, individual resources and institutional opportunity structures shape cabinet members’ likelihood of moving to specific post‐ministerial occupations (Stolz ).…”

Section: Life After Office For Departing Ministersmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The study of post‐tenure careers of the highest level executive branch officials is profoundly unexplored, with the exception of the burgeoning literature on former presidents and prime ministers (Keane ; Schaller & Williams ; Theakston & De Vries ). Blondel's () and Nicholls’ () studies remained, until very recently, the only works in this field (for recent studies, see Stolz & Kintz ; Stolz & Fischer ).…”

Section: Life After Office For Departing Ministersmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…According to some authors, the increasing availability of attractive general business opportunities has stirred politicians’ ambition (Nicholls : 169). Other scholars point out the new opportunities provided to ‘exes’ by the unprecedented recent expansion of cross‐border governmental organisations and international advocacy networks (Schaller & Williams ; Keane ).…”

Section: Life After Office For Departing Ministersmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Ministers having substantial experience relevant to the policy purview of their portfolio might have been appointed to develop a specific policy or reform, thus empowering the government with qualified skills. Their specialised knowledge might later make them very highly suitable for leading multilateral governmental organisations and for performing advisory or advocacy roles at the international level, especially at a time of expansion of multilateralism and international advocacy networks (Keane ; Schaller & Williams ). For this reason, we expect policy‐expert ministers to be more likely to obtain an international position ( H5 ).…”

Section: Life After Office For Departing Ministersmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Hitherto, post‐ministerial careers have received little scholarly attention and the scarce extant literature remains mainly descriptive and is now outdated (Blondel ; Nicholls ). As noted by Keane (: 282–283), the subject of ex‐office holders is ‘under‐theorized, under‐researched and under‐appreciated’. The relevance of such a study has to do with the fact that several ex‐ministers keep playing a prominent role in politics, business or civil society after leaving office, as is the case for departing prime ministers and presidents, thereby raising revolving doors issues and exposing conflicting interests between politics and business (Theakson & De Vries ).…”

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Post‐ministerial occupation in advanced industrial democracies: Ambition, individual resources and institutional opportunity structures

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2015

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The post-office occupation of former cabinet members remains basically unexplored in both single-case and comparative studies. Is being a minister just a career tout court, or does serving in executive office facilitate movement to other positions? This article sheds new light on this question by advancing the theoretical development and empirical understanding of the various types of post-ministerial occupation. The analysis takes into account ex-ministers' ambition, political capital resources and the institutional opportunity structures that might well affect both ambition and individual resources. Additionally, given that access to executive office is profoundly gendered, the article addresses the central question of whether postministerial occupations similarly present differential patterns for women and men. The empirical results of a cross-national comparison of 23 advanced industrial democracies show that, for most departing ministers, serving in executive office is indeed a stepping stone to other positions. Post-office trajectories are not only shaped by ex-ministers' political capital resources such as seniority, party office, policy expertise and type of portfolio held while in cabinet, but also by different institutional factors that present country-specific combinations. Specifically, systemic variables shape the relevance of political capital resources and affect how ambition is constructed and towards which goals. Strong gendered post-office patterns are not found, although some intriguing gender differences are observed.

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