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Intra-Party Politics and Coalition Governments

256 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

256 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

256 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

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This book explores how intra-party politics affects government formation and termination in parliamentary systems, where the norm is the formation of coalition governments. The authors look beyond party cohesion and discipline in parliamentary democracies to take a broader view, assuming a diversity of preferences among party members and then exploring the incentives that give rise to... Read more

1. Intra-Party Politics and Coalition Governments in Parliamentary Democracy 2. Government Coalitions and Intra-Party Politics Part 1: Intra-Party Politics and Coalition Behaviour at the Subnational Level 3. Intraparty Politics and Coalition Formation 4. Party Politics and Local Government Coalition Formation 5. Party Cohesion and Party Discipline in Multilevel Systems Part 2: Intra-Party Politics and Coalition Behaviour at the National Level 6. Party Discipline and Cohesion in Comparative Perspective 7. Party Organizations, Intra-Party Policy Conflict and Coalition Bargaining in Germany 8. Party Cohesion, Party Factions and Legislative Discipline in Italy 9. Intra-Party Conflict and Cabinet Survival in 17 West European Democracies, 1945-1999 Part 3: Intra-Party Politics at the EU Level 10. The Europeanization of European Party Competition 11. Cross Pressures and Cohesion in the Transnational Party Groups of the European Parliament 12. Intraparty Politics and Coalition Governance