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1 online resource (233 pages) |
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Cover; Puzzles of Government Formation; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Preface; 1. From coalition theory to coalition puzzles; 2. A neglected alternative? Psychological approaches to coalition formation; 3. When median-legislator theory fails: the Swedish Greens in 1998 and 2002; 4. Coalition bargaining in an unforgiving environment: the case of Bondevik II in Norway; 5. Successful failure: ill-conceived pre-commitments and welcome bargaining failure paving the way to minority government in Austria |
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6. "Spain is different": explaining minority governments by diverging party goals7. The Rainbow coalition: a surplus majority coalition in Finland; 8. Purple puzzles: the 1994 and 1998 government formations in the Netherlands and coalition theory; 9. The Belgian 'Rainbow coalition': optical illusion or mechanical phenomenon?; 10. From puzzles to prospects for coalition theory; Index |
| Summary |
Understanding the formation of governments has always been central to political science. Traditionally this topic has been considered from a rational choice theory perspective and the empirical testing of these theories; however neither approach alone is able to explain a large proportion of actual coalition formations. This comparative volume brings together a rational choice theory perspective and the empirical testing of these theories to study government formation. It provides in-depth studies of government formations in Europe that cannot be accounted for by existing coalition theory in o |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Coalition governments -- Europe
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Coalition governments
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Europe
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Winter, Lieven De
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Dumont, Patrick
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| ISBN |
9781134239726 |
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1134239726 |
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9780203007815 |
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0203007816 |
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