Coalition governments in western Europe
By: edited by Wolfgang C. Müller and Kaare Strøm
Contributors: Müller, Wolfgang C., 1957-; Strom, Kaare
Series: Comparative European politics
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 602
Subjects: Coalition governments -- Europe, Western
Notes: Includes bibliographical references
Table of contents: value: Coalition governance in western Europe : an introduction / Wolfgang C. Müller and Kaare Strøm.; value: Germany : stable parties, chancellor democracy, and the art of informal settlement / Thomas Saalfeld.; value: Austria : tight coalitions and stable government / Wolfgang C. Müller.; value: Ireland : from single-party to coalition rule / Paul Mitchell.; value: Norway : a fragile coalitional order / Hanne Marthe Narud and Kaare Strøm.; value: Sweden : when minority cabinets are the rule and majority coalitions the exception / Torbjörn Bergman.; value: Denmark : the life and death of government coalition / Erik Damgaard.; value: Finland : the consolidation of parliamentary governance / Jaakko Nousiainen.; value: Belgium : on government agreements, evangelists, followers and heretics / Lieven De Winter, Arco Timmermans, and Patrick Dumont.; value: The Netherlands : still the politics of accommodation? / Arco Timmermans and Rudy B Andeweg.; value: Luxembourg : stable coalition in a pivotal party system / Patrick Dumont and Lieven De Winter.; value: Italy : from 'constrained' coalitions to alternating governments? / Luca Verzichelli and Maurizio Cotta.; value: France : forming and maintaining government coalitions in the fifth republic / Jean-Louis Thiébault.; value: Portugal : the rationale of democratic regime building / José M. Magone.; value: Conclusion : coalition governance in western Europe / Wolfgang C. Müller and Kaare Strøm