Intra-party politics and coalition governments
By: edited by Daniela Giannetti and Kenneth Benoit.
Contributors: Giannetti, Daniela.; Benoit, Kenneth.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780415462259; 9780203889220
Subjects: European Parliament; Political parties -- European Union countries; Coalition governments -- European Union countries; European Union countries -- Politics and government
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Intra-party politics and coalition governments in parliamentary democracies / Daniela Giannetti and Kenneth Benoit; title: Parliamentary democracy, agency problems, and party politics / Kaare Strøm and Wolfgang C. Müller; title: Intra-party politics and local coalition formation / Hanna Bäck; title: Party politics and local government coalition formation in Portugal / Pedro J. Camões and Silvia M. Mendes; title: Party unity in multi-level settings / Irina Stefuriuc; title: Legislative party discipline and cohesion in comparative perspective / Sam Depauw and Shane Martin; title: Intra-party factions and coalition bargaining in Germany / Marc Debus and Thomas Brauninger; title: Party cohesion, party discipline, party factions in Italy / Daniela Giannetti and Michael Laver; title: Intra-party conflict and cabinet survival in 17 West European democracies, 1945-1999 / Thomas Saalfeld; title: The puzzle of continuing party group cohesion in the European Parliament after eastern enlargement / Stefanie Bailer; title: Intra-party politics at the trans-national level : party switching in the European Parliament / Gail McElroy; title: Intra-party politics and coalition governments : concluding remarks / Kenneth Benoit and Daniela Giannetti.