Coalition Government as a Reflection of a Nation's Politics and Society

A Comparative Study of Parliamentary Parties and Cabinets in 12 Countries
Herausgeber: Evans, Matt

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Produktbeschreibung

Through examination of parliamentary governments in twelve countries, this book demonstrates the ways in which study of the parties in governing coalitions, and their parliamentary opposition, provides insight into numerous aspects of countries' cultural values, societal schisms, and the issues of greatest contention among their people. Each chapter analyses the political parties in a different country's parliament and illustrates how they represent the country's competing interests, social divisions, and public policy debates. Coalition and opposition parties are also shown to reflect each country's: political institutions; political actors; political culture; and societal, geographic, and ideological rifts. In many of the countries, changes in the constellation of parties in government are emblematic of important political, social, and economic changes. This book will be essential reading for students of parliamentary government, political parties, electoral politics, and, more broadly, comparative politics.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 471g
• ISBN-13: 9781032085845
• ISBN-10: 1032085843
• Artikelnr.: 65330738

Autorenporträt

Matt Evans is Associate Professor of political science at Pennsylvania State University in Altoona, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Coalitions Through A Comparative Politics Lens: Parties and
Political Culture Part I: Typical Coalition Governments, With Weakening
Pillar Parties 2. Germany: Between Bloc Competition and Grand Coalitions 3.
Netherlands The Dynamics of Coalition Governments in the Netherlands 4.
Belgium Government Coalitions as a Reflection of National Politics: The
Complex Case of Belgium Part II: Coalition Governments with Uncoalitionable
Minorities' Parties 5. Israel's Coalition Government: Secular Liberals,
Religious Nationalists and Ultra-Orthodox Parties 6. Short-Lived Coalitions
in Latvia: Ethnic Tension, Political Fragmentation and Office-Seeking Part
III: Minority Governments and Negative Parliamentarism 7. Sweden: Minority
Government as the Norm 8. Denmark: The Politics of Compromise and Minority
Government Governance 9. Norway: Towards a More Inclusive Parliamentary
Regime Part IV: Third Wave Countries, Economic Crisis and Political Changes
10. Portugal: The Prevalence of Right-Wing Coalitions 11. Spain's
Coalitional Dynamics: The Relevance of Multilevel Politics 12. Greece
Greece's Coalition Governments: Power Sharing in a Majoritarian Democracy
Part V: Anti-Establishment Party Leads Government 13. Party System and
Coalition Governments in post-WWII Italy 14. Coalitions and Political
Parties as a Reflection of Societal Changes and Cultural Rifts in 12
Parliamentary Democracies