Minority Government and Majority Rule

by Kaare Strøm

Book Overview

Minority governments in parliamentary democracies are conventionally considered to be unstable and ineffective aberrations from the principle of majority rule. Through analysis of over 350 postwar governments, the author shows that minority governments are neither exceptional nor unstable but in fact a common feature of parliamentary democracies and frequently perform as well as, or better than, majority coalitions. Using the Italian and Norwegian...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521064724
• ISBN13: 9780521064729
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"