Handbook on Coalition Politics

Name: Handbook on Coalition Politics
Author: Thomas Bräuninger

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Gebonden, 486 blz. | Engels

Edward Elgar Publishing | 1e druk, 2025

ISBN13: 9781803929552

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Hoofdrubriek : Juridisch

Juridisch : Staatsrecht

Jongbloed : Bestuursrecht [algemeen] Internationaal recht - overige

Edward Elgar Publishing 1e druk, 2025 9781803929552

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This comprehensive Handbook explores how coalition governments function, from their creation to their dissolution, examining the challenges and opportunities they present in modern democracies. Drawing on the latest research, contributing authors outline the impact of institutions, voter behaviour and party dynamics in shaping coalition politics.

Leading experts discuss the coalition life cycle, analysing how political parties negotiate to form coalitions, divide responsibilities and spoils of office, govern together and then eventually face decisions about ending their partnership. Chapters investigate empirical findings and case studies from diverse political systems across Europe, and assess the role of coalitions in parliamentary, presidential and semi-presidential systems. They highlight the ways in which methodological innovations including text analysis, agent-based modelling and new statistical techniques have transformed our understanding of coalition politics.

Ultimately, the Handbook sheds light on how coalitions are managed in a fragmented political landscape where ideological differences and the rise of populist parties make governing together increasingly complex.

Scholars and students of comparative political science, public policy, European and international politics and legislative studies will greatly benefit from this illuminating Handbook. Combining academic theory with real-world practice, it is also a crucial resource for practitioners and policymakers working in regulation and governance, public administration and leadership.

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ISBN13:9781803929552

Taal:Engels

Bindwijze:gebonden

Aantal pagina's:486

Uitgever:Edward Elgar Publishing

Druk:1

Verschijningsdatum:25-11-2025

Hoofdrubriek:Staatsrecht

Jongbloed:Bestuursrecht [algemeen], Internationaal recht - overige

Serie:Elgar Handbooks in Political Science

Over Marc Debus

Marc Debus is Professor of Comparative Government at the University of Mannheim, Germany. He studied Political Science, Sociology, History and Methods of Empirical Social Research at the Universities of Marburg and Mannheim and received his PhD from the University of Konstanz in 2006. His research interests include political institutions, in particular in multilevel systems, and their effects on the political behavior of voters and legislators, as well as party competition, coalition politics and decision making within parliaments and governments. His publications appeared, amongst others, in the Journal of Politics, the European Journal of Political Research, Party Politics, Political Science Research and Methods, Public Choice, West European Politics, Legislative Studies Quarterly.

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List of contributors viii

PART I INTRODUCTION
1 Research on the coalition life cycle 2
Thomas Bräuninger and Marc Debus
2 Which ‘coalition’? 22
Michael Laver

PART II CLASSICAL THEORETICAL APPROACHES
3 Office- and policy-seeking theories of coalition formation 42
Eric Linhart
4 Cooperative and non-cooperative approaches in coalition theory 59
Indridi H. Indridason
5 Ministerial discretion 73
Lucy Goodhart

PART III RECENT THEORETICAL ADVANCES
6 Formateur’s advantage 92
Anna Bassi
7 Government formation in the shadow of an uncertain future election 117
Scott de Marchi, Michael Laver and Georg Vanberg
8 Computational models of coalition formation 136
Roni Lehrer

PART IV INSTITUTIONS AND CONTEXTS
9 Intra-party politics and coalitions 153
Andrea Ceron and Silvia Decadri
10 Legislative institutions and coalitions 167
Johan Hellström and Jonas Lindahl
11 Multi-level systems and coalitions 183
Martin Gross
12 Coalitions in presidential and semi-presidential systems 198
José Antonio Cheibub and Thiago N. Silva

PART V METHODS
13 The use of structural models in coalition politics 221
Daniel Diermeier and Tong Li
14 Empirical models of government choice 236
Garrett Glasgow, Matt Golder and Sona N. Golder
15 Measuring policy outputs and outcomes in coalitions 256
Mariyana Angelova
16 Text analytical approaches for analysing coalitions 280
Jan Schwalbach and Sven-Oliver Proksch

PART VI COALITION LIFE CYCLE 1: PRE-FORMATION STAGE
17 How voters understand coalition politics 294
David Fortunato
18 Pre-electoral coalitions 312
Raimondas Ibenskas and José Zurita-Tapia

PART VII COALITION LIFE CYCLE 2: BARGAINING STAGE
19 Understanding pledge-making in coalition agreements: Evidence from the COALITIONPOLICY dataset 332
Fabio Ellger and Heike Klüver
20 Portfolio allocation in parliamentary democracies 353
Hanna Bäck and Royce Carroll
21 Slicing the pie: Portfolio design and coalition governments 368
Ulrich Sieberer
22 Legislative coalition bargaining under minority governments 382
Maria Thürk
23 Coalition bargaining duration 399
Alejandro Ecker

PART VIII COALITION LIFE CYCLE 3: LIFE AND END OF COALITIONS
24 Trust, but verify: Control mechanisms in multiparty governments 418
Lanny W. Martin and Georg Vanberg
25 Beyond manifestos: Pledge research and coalition agreements 434
Theres Matthieß
26 Government stability 449
Svenja Krauss and Thomas M. Meyer

Index 463