Author : Rudy W. Andeweg
Release : 2011-04-05
Genre : Political Science
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Puzzles of Government Formation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Puzzles of Government Formation write by Rudy W. Andeweg. This book was released on 2011-04-05. Puzzles of Government Formation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Understanding the formation of governments has always been central to political science. Traditionally this topic has been considered from a rational choice theory perspective and the empirical testing of these theories; however neither approach alone is able to explain a large proportion of actual coalition formations. This comparative volume brings together a rational choice theory perspective and the empirical testing of these theories to study government formation. It provides in-depth studies of government formations in Europe that cannot be accounted for by existing coalition theory in order to identify potential explanatory factors that have been neglected so far. These ‘coalition puzzles’ are reconstructed by country experts based on secondary sources, newspaper accounts, internal party documents, and interviews in an effort to understand why particular governments were formed. In conclusion, this book assesses whether new factors can be integrated into rational choice theories or whether these analyses point to the need for a different paradigm. This important volume will be of interest to students and scholars of political science, European politics and comparative politics.