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Government Formation.

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Andeweg, Rudy W.
Otros Autores: Winter, Lieven De, Dumont, Patrick
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.
  • 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.