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Policy Horizons and Parliamentary Government /

This book introduces a new hypothesis concerning the formation and survival of coalition governments in Western European parliamentary democracies, the policy horizon hypothesis. The book finds support for the hypothesis in a wide array of evidence, including findings based on a new survey of expert...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Warwick, Paul V. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
Subjects:
European Union.
Political Science and International Relations.
Democracy.
European Politics.
European Union Politics.
Political Science.
Public Policy.
Political planning.
Political science.
Europe > Politics and government.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This book introduces a new hypothesis concerning the formation and survival of coalition governments in Western European parliamentary democracies, the policy horizon hypothesis. The book finds support for the hypothesis in a wide array of evidence, including findings based on a new survey of experts in West European political systems.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (X, 242 pages)
ISBN:9780230506008
DOI:10.1057/9780230506008