Using an innovative framework for the study of voting behavior in parliamentary
democracies, this book sheds new light on the ongoing personalization of politics. The …

Political parties that wish to exercise executive power in parliamentary democracies are
typically forced to enter some form of coalition. Parties can either form a pre-electoral …

Why do some parties coordinate their electoral strategies as part of a pre-electoral coalition,
while others choose to compete independently at election time? Scholars have long ignored …

This article develops and tests a new multidimensional index—CAMPROF—that is designed
to measure and compare parties' use of professionalized campaign techniques during …

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 …

How have the American presidency, the British premiership and the German chancellorship
changed over the last half-century? Has there been convergence or divergence in the …

Gamson's Law—the proposition that coalition governments will distribute portfolios in
proportion to each member party's contribution of seats to the coalition—has been one of the …

Despite the vast coalition literature, pre-electoral coalitions have never been at the center of
any systematic, cross-national research. Given their prevalence and potential impact on …

Lawmaking is a challenge for coalition governments because it inherently demands
cooperation and compromise by parties with divergent policy goals. The jurisdictional …

Marginal income tax rates in advanced industrial countries have fallen dramatically since the
mid-1980s, but levels and progressivity of income taxation continue to differ strongly across …