Learning to govern together in representative democracy : the dynamics of cooperation and competition in coalition governance /
A major new theory explaining the nature and behaviour of governing coalitions over time.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2025]
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| Series: | Comparative politics (Oxford University Press)
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | A major new theory explaining the nature and behaviour of governing coalitions over time. |
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| Abstract: | "Learning to Govern Together in Representative Democracy introduces a dynamic theory of coalition governance, focusing on the temporal constraints that coalition parties face when governing together in representative democracies. The book examines how coalition partners, over the course of a legislative term, adapt their strategies for joint policy-making as they encounter varying levels of cooperation and competition in partnership. Two distinct models of learning are developed: the portfolio-learning model, where ministers learn through interactions within their portfolios, and the partisan-learning model, which accounts for learning from co-partisan experiences across portfolios. Empirical evidence from 11 parliamentary democracies demonstrates that ministerial office-holders infer the type of partnership from their experienced parliamentary scrutiny, with consequences for their legislative behavior, such as initiating government bill proposals earlier in the term if they perceive a cooperative partnership, or later in the term if they perceive a competitive partnership. The book makes a significant contribution to our understanding of coalition effectiveness, stability, and satisfaction with governance"-- Oxford Academic. |
| Item Description: | At foot of title: ECPR. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780198959045 0198959044 0198959028 9780198959038 0198959036 9780198959021 |