The Costs of Coalition tackles big questions of enduring interest in real-world politics and in political science. The substantive aim of the book is to understand and explain who governs, and for how long, under the institutions of parliamentary democracy. Its epistemological purpose is to investigate the nature of political scientists' knowledge of coalitional behavior and how to advance it. The book starts from the well-known fact that governments in postwar Italy are extremely short-lived, and identifies a puzzle about coalition politics posed by the Italian experience. In postwar...
The Costs of Coalition tackles big questions of enduring interest in real-world politics and in political science. The substantive aim of the b...
Political parties and democratic politics go hand in hand. Since parties matter, it matters too when elected politicians change party affiliation. This book shows why, when, and to what effect politicians switch parties in pursuit of their goals, as constrained by institutions and in response to their environments.
Political parties and democratic politics go hand in hand. Since parties matter, it matters too when elected politicians change party affiliation. Thi...
How much autonomy do elected politicians have to shape and reshape the party system on their own, without the direct involvement of voters in elections?
How much autonomy do elected politicians have to shape and reshape the party system on their own, without the direct involvement of voters in election...
