Parliaments and Coalitions: The Role of Legislative Institutions in Multiparty Governance

by Lanny W. Martin and Georg Vanberg

Coalition governments are the norm in most of the world's parliamentary democracies. Because these governments are comprised of multiple political parties, they are subject to tensions that are largely absent under single-party government. The pressures of electoral competition and the necessity of delegating substantial authority to ministers affiliated with specific parties threaten the compromise agreements that are at the heart of coalition governance...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199607885
• ISBN13: 9780199607884
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.3"