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When negotiating the formation of governments in multiparty democracies, do party leaders consistently consider the policy preferences of their voters?
Voter Sophistication and Coalition Politics introduces a theoretical framework that places voters-particularly their ideological sophistication-at the heart of coalition bargaining.
List of contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Voters and Coalitions
- 2: Beware the Aware Voter
- 3: Bargaining Before an Audience
- 4: Modeling Government Formation: A Unified Approach
- 5: Whether to Govern, and If So, with Whom?
- 6: What You See Is Not Always What You Get
- 7: What to Take Home?
- 8: Voters and Coalitions: Looking Ahead
- References
- Index
About the author
Lanny W. Martin is a Full Professor of Political Science at Bocconi University and is a Research Fellow at the Dondena Centre for Research on Social Dynamics and Public Policy and at the Institute for European Policymaking. His research focuses on comparative political institutions, legislative politics, political economy, and coalition government. His work has been awarded several disciplinary prizes and has appeared in numerous high-impact outlets, including the
American Journal of Political Science, the
American Political Science Review, the
Journal of Politics, and
Political Analysis.
Georg Vanberg is the Ernestine Friedl Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Duke University. His research focuses on political institutions, including coalition governance and legislative and judicial politics. His work has received multiple disciplinary prizes and has appeared in such outlets as the
American Political Science Review, the
American Journal of Political Science, and the
Journal of Politics, among others.
Summary
When negotiating the formation of governments in multiparty democracies, do party leaders consistently consider the policy preferences of their voters? Voter Sophistication and Coalition Politics introduces a theoretical framework that places voters-particularly their ideological sophistication-at the heart of coalition bargaining.
