Alejandro Quiroz Flores - Ministerial Survival During Political and Cabinet Change: Foreign Affairs, Diplomacy and War

Edited by Keith Dowding

Australian National University

and

Patrick Dumont

University of Luxembourg

Who are the elites that run the world? This series of books analyses who the elites are, how they rise and fall, the networks in which they operate and the effects they have on our lives.

1 Coalition Government and Party Mandate

How coalition agreements constrain ministerial action

Catherine Moury

2 The Selection of Ministers in Europe

Hiring and firing

Edited by Keith Dowding and Patrick Dumont

3 Parliamentary Elites in Central and Eastern Europe

Recruitment and representation

Edited by Elena Semenova, Michael Edinger and Heinrich Best

4 The Selection of Political Party Leaders in Contemporary Parliamentary Democracies

A comparative study

Edited by Jean-Benoit Pilet and William P. Cross

5 The Selection of Ministers around the World

Edited by Keith Dowding and Patrick Dumont

6 Party Members and Activists

Edited by Emilie van Haute and Anika Gauja

7 Political Representation

Roles, representatives and the represented

Edited by Marc Bhlmann and Jan Fivaz

8 Ministerial Survival During Political and Cabinet Change

Foreign affairs, diplomacy and war

Alejandro Quiroz Flores

The first set of acknowledgments goes to my former supervisors Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith. Bruce and Alastair inspired me to explore new questions on political survival that continue to drive my current research agenda as a senior lecturer. I am very grateful to Bruce and Alastair for their guidance, unparalleled support, and friendship throughout these years.

I am also thankful to the other members of my research committee at NYU. Neal Beck provided great suggestions on the empirical sections of the project as well as unique training during my years in New York. I am also thankful to the late George Downs, as well as Mike Gilligan, who also trained me during my PhD and served as members of the committee.

This book could not have been written without the encouragement and patience of Keith Dowding and Patrick Dumont. Keith and Patrick read my dissertation and invited me to turn it into a book. They provided guidance and many detailed comments and suggestions over the last few years that strengthened the overall project and made it more relevant and easier to read.

I also want to thank several anonymous reviewers who gave me very useful feedback and suggested how to improve the book. Any weaknesses found in the pages that follow are my responsibility.

Over the years, many friends and colleagues in universities in the United States and Europe provided encouragement in multiple ways, both professional and personal. I have also presented my work in conferences, workshops, and universities that are too many to list here. I am grateful for all the invitations and feedback that I have received over these years.

On a personal note, my brothers have been a constant source of motivation and humor, and for that I am very thankful. My new niece Renata has given me much happiness.

My wife Barbara Czarnecka is often curious about my research and always patient about the long hours I devote to my work. I could not have completed this manuscript without her support. This book is dedicated to her and to our new baby, Alex.

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