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This volume explores and analyses the formation, functioning, and performance of minority governments. It presents thirteen in-depth case studies by leading country experts that provide rich, contextualized analyses of minority governments in different settings.
List of contents
- Part I: Introduction
- 1: Bonnie N. Field and Shane Martin: The Politics of Minority Government
- 2: Bonnie N. Field and Shane Martin: The Why, How, and How Well of Minority Governments
- Part II: Where Minority Governments are Predominant
- 3: Csaba Nikolenyi: Minority Governments in India: Party System Federalization and the Emergence of Contract Parliamentarism
- 4: Kaare W. Strøm: Norway: A Land of Minority Governments
- 5: Veronica Anghel: Minority Governments in Romania: A Case of Stable Instability
- 6: Bonnie N. Field: Minority Governments in Spain: Government Strengthening Institutions in a Multilevel State
- 7: Hanna Bäck and Johan Hellström: Minority Governments in Sweden: Majority Cabinets in Disguise
- Part III: Where Minority Governments are Common
- 8: Jean-François Godbout and Christopher Cochrane: Minority Governments in Canada: Stability through Voting Alliances
- 9: Olivier Rozenberg: Minority Governments in France: A Mix of Presidential and Parliamentary Logics
- 10: Liam Weeks: Ireland: Minority Government with a Majoritarian Twist
- 11: Daniela Giannetti: Minority Governments in Italy: From Structural Stability to Political Change
- 12: Radoslaw Zubek: Minority Governments in Poland: Governing after Crisis with Ad Hoc Majorities
- 13: Jorge M. Fernandes: Minority Governments in Portugal: Institutions as Solutions to Historical Legacies
- Part IV: Where Minority Governments are Exceptional
- 14: Kate Crowley (with Cath Hughes): Minority Government in Australia: Lesson Learning and Making it Work
- 15: Andrew Jones and Richard Whitaker: Minority Governments in the United Kingdom: Nearly-Winning Minorities and Lost Majorities
- 16: Bonnie N. Field and Shane Martin: Comparative Conclusions on Minority Governments
About the author
Bonnie N. Field is Professor of Political Science in the Department of Global Studies at Bentley University. Her research interests centre on political parties and political institutions in transitional and institutionalized democracies in Europe and Latin America. She studies minority governments, parliamentary regimes, interparty relations in parliament, processes of candidate selection and political appointments, and regime democratization. She has been a Visiting Scholar at the Center for European Studies at Harvard, a visiting researcher at the Universities of Barcelona and Oslo, Faculty Fellow at the University of California, Irvine, Visiting Fellow at UCI's Center for the Study of Democracy, and Fulbright Senior Researcher in Spain.
Shane Martin holds the Anthony King Chair in Comparative Government at the University of Essex where he also serves as Head of the Department of Government. His research focuses on legislative organization and in particular on how electoral incentives shape representatives' preferences, the internal structures of parliaments, executive oversight, and the production of public policy. He maintains a strong interest in Irish politics. He previously taught at the University of Leicester, Dublin City University, the Pennsylvania State University, and the University of California, San Diego.
Summary
This volume explores and analyses the formation, functioning, and performance of minority governments. It presents thirteen in-depth case studies by leading country experts that provide rich, contextualized analyses of minority governments in different settings.
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The book combines precise theoretical analyses with careful, in-depth case studies of 13 countries grouped by whether minority governments are predominant, common, or exceptional...Highly recommended. Advanced undergraduates through faculty; professionals.
