Many coalition cabinets negotiate lengthy coalition contracts outlining the agenda for the
time in office. Not only does negotiating these agreements take up time and resources, but …

Research on intra-coalition control shows that monitoring increases with the ideological
distance between coalition partners. However, the focus of scholarship has been primarily …

Nicht nur Verbände lobbyieren, sondern auch Regionen: Ausgehend von der
Interessengruppen-und Lobbyingforschung wagt die Autorin eine Neubetrachtung des …

What are the strategies of political parties in multi-level government systems and how do
voters respond to these strategies? At the national and state level, many researchers have …

Under what conditions do political parties employ junior ministers to keep tabs on their
coalition partners in multiparty cabinets in presidential democracies? Existing literature on …

In parliamentary systems, party leaderships accomplish party unity by promising positive
incentives to their members of parliament (MP) and threatening them with negative …

Zusammenfassung Die Koalitionen, Koalitionsbildungsprozesse und Landesregierungen
des Saarlands standen bisher nur selten im Fokus des politikwissenschaftlichen Interesses …

Junior ministers are very common in coalition governments. Existing research argues that
parties assign junior ministers to satisfy the office goals of coalition partners or as a …

Do coalition parties in presidential systems shadow one another with an eye on reducing
agency loss? Our knowledge of intra‐coalitional delegation under presidentialism remains …

Social media has become an increasingly important tool for parties to set issues on the
political agenda. However, its rapid rise raises questions about the role of traditional venues …