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- About this book
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Coalitions are the commonest kind of democratic government, occurring frequently in most countries of western Europe. It is usually assumed that political parties came together in a government coalition because they agree already, or can reach an agreement, on the policy it should pursue. This book examines this idea using evidence from party election programmes and government programmes. It demonstrates that party policies do influence government programmes, but not to the extent they would if policy-agreement were the sole basis of coalition.
- Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Coalition Theory, Government Policy and Party Policy
Pages 1-14
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Measuring Policy Distances and Modelling Coalition Formation
Pages 15-40
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Coalition and Party Policy in Ireland
Pages 41-60
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Norway: Policy Pursuit and Coalition Avoidance
Pages 61-108
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Sweden: Social Democratic Dominance in One Dimension
Pages 109-150
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Party Policy and Government Coalitions
- Editors
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- Ian Budge
- M.J. Laver
- Copyright
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Copyright Holder
- M. J. Laver and Ian Budge
- eBook ISBN
- 978-1-349-22368-8
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-1-349-22368-8
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-0-333-55617-7
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-1-349-22370-1
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XXII, 448
- Topics
