Parliamentary democracy means that the political executive is accountable to the
parliamentary majority. However, when both the parliamentary majority and the cabinet …

Does joining a governing coalition as a junior partner influence a party's subsequent
electoral success? We argue that joining a multiparty cabinet as a junior partner …

Coalition parties have to reconcile two competing logics: they need to demonstrate unity to
govern together, but also have to emphasize their own profile to succeed in elections. We …

This book is an examination of minority government performance in conjunction with the
territorial distribution of state power and the territorial interests of political parties. It examines …

Every day, coalition cabinets make policy decisions critical to international politics. Juliet
Kaarbo examines the dynamics of these multiparty cabinets in parliamentary democracies in …

Finland's modern, technologically advanced welfare state is, in fact, a fairly recent creation,
because the social changes that led to it occurred in Finland much later than elsewhere in …

Previous research on coalition politics has found an “incumbency advantage” in government
formation, but it has provided no clear explanation as to why this advantage exists. We …

Some European constitutions give cabinets great discretion to manage their own demise,
whereas others limit their choices and insert the head of state into decisions about …

In parliamentary democracies, elections distribute the seats in parliament, but who gets into
government and determines the policy agenda over the course of the legislative term is …

The cabinet is a central actor in policy making in parliamentary systems. Yet, relatively little
is known about how coalition cabinets operate. The delegation of decision‐making authority …