Intra-Party Politics and Coalition Governments - 9781138973237

Name: Intra-Party Politics and Coalition Governments - 9781138973237
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Intra-Party Politics and Coalition GovernmentsAuthor(s): Daniela Giannetti, Kenneth Benoit\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138973237, 978-1138973237\nSynopsis\nThis book explores how intra-party politics affects government formation and termination in parliamentary systems, where the norm is the formation of coalition governments. \n\nThe 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 coordinated party behaviour at the electoral, legislative and executive levels. The chapters in this book share a common analytical framework, confronting theoretical models of government formation with empirical data, some drawn from cross-national analyses and others from theoretically structured case studies. A distinctive feature of the book is that it explores the .