Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- List of tables
- Notes on the contributors
- Preface
- 1 An inductive theoretical framework for coalitional behaviour: political parties in multi-dimensional perspective in Western Europe
- 2 Between theoretical elegance and political reality: deductive models and cabinet coalitions in Europe
- 3 Changing coalitional preferences among West German parties
- 4 The FDP and coalitional behaviour in the Federal Republic of Germany: multi-dimensional perspectives on the role of a pivotal party
- 5 Cabinet stability in the French Fourth Republic: the Ramadier coalition government of 1947
- 6 Coalition formation and maintenance in Belgium: a case-study of elite behaviour and changing cleavage structure, 1965–1981
- 7 The Dutch Christian Democratic party and coalitional behaviour in the Netherlands: a pivotal party in the face of depillarisation
- 8 Coalition or Fianna Fail? The politics of inter-party government in Ireland
- 9 Italy's party democracy and coalitional behaviour: a case-study in multi-dimensionality
- 10 Party coalitions in the first democratic period in Spain, 1977–1982
- 11 Coalitional theory and practice in Scandinavia
- 12 Multi-dimensional approaches to the study of local coalitions: some cross-national comparisons
- 13 Research notes
- Index
List of tables
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- List of tables
- Notes on the contributors
- Preface
- 1 An inductive theoretical framework for coalitional behaviour: political parties in multi-dimensional perspective in Western Europe
- 2 Between theoretical elegance and political reality: deductive models and cabinet coalitions in Europe
- 3 Changing coalitional preferences among West German parties
- 4 The FDP and coalitional behaviour in the Federal Republic of Germany: multi-dimensional perspectives on the role of a pivotal party
- 5 Cabinet stability in the French Fourth Republic: the Ramadier coalition government of 1947
- 6 Coalition formation and maintenance in Belgium: a case-study of elite behaviour and changing cleavage structure, 1965–1981
- 7 The Dutch Christian Democratic party and coalitional behaviour in the Netherlands: a pivotal party in the face of depillarisation
- 8 Coalition or Fianna Fail? The politics of inter-party government in Ireland
- 9 Italy's party democracy and coalitional behaviour: a case-study in multi-dimensionality
- 10 Party coalitions in the first democratic period in Spain, 1977–1982
- 11 Coalitional theory and practice in Scandinavia
- 12 Multi-dimensional approaches to the study of local coalitions: some cross-national comparisons
- 13 Research notes
- Index
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- Coalitional Behaviour in Theory and PracticeAn Inductive Model for Western Europe, pp. xi - xiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1986