Do mass media determine or codetermine the political agenda? Available answers on this
question are mixed and contradictory. Results vary in terms of the type of political agenda …

This book is an updated version of my 2009 Habilitation treatise at the Otto von Guericke
University of Magdeburg, Germany. When I started working on the project some ten years …

This article addresses the evolution of the Belgian polity from its unitary and stable period up
until the mid-1960s to the present situation of high fragmentation of the party system and …

We conducted pooled time-series analyses to assess how number and size of
demonstrations affect the political agenda in Belgium (1993-2000). Taking twenty-five issues …

The Belgian party-archy violates the ideal-type chain of parliamentary delegation in many
ways, insofar as political parties play a predominant role at each stage. They channel the …

The literature on Western European parliaments has long pointed to an increase in non-
legislative activities, including questions to the minister and interpellations; however, it has …

Which kind of decisions are passed by Cabinet in coalition governments? What motivates
ministerial action? How much leeway do coalition parties give their governmental …

This article introduces the special issue and places the contributions in context. It begins
with a brief discussion of main trends in quota research to date, focusing on major findings in …

Studies have shown that parties selectively emphasize different issues to compete with each
other to raise the salience for their preferred issues and to appear competent in handling …

Provisions for a parliamentary investiture vote have become increasingly common in
parliamentary democracies. This article shows that investiture provisions were largely …