Puzzles of government formation  coalition theory and deviant cases /  [electronic resource] : 
edited by Rudy B. Andeweg, Lieven De Winter and Patrick Dumont. 
 - Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon [England] ;  New York :  Routledge,  c2011. 
 - xvii, 210 p. :  ill. 
 - Routledge/ECPR studies in European political science ;  73 .
 - Routledge/ECPR studies in European political science ;  73. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>1. From coalition theory to coalition puzzles / Patrick Dumont, Lieven De Winter and Rudy B. Andeweg -- 2. A neglected alternative? : psychological approaches to coalition formation / Ilja Van Beest -- 3. When median-legislator theory fails : the Swedish Greens in 1998 and 2002 / Nicholas Aylott and Torbjörn Bergman -- 4. Coalition bargaining in an unforgiving environment : the case of Bondevik II in Norway / Hanne Marthe Narud and Kaare Strøm -- 5. Successful failure : ill-conceived pre-commitments and welcome bargaining failure paving the way to minority government in Austria / Wolfgang C. Müller -- 6. "Spain is different" : explaining minority governments by diverging party goals / Josep Ma Reniu -- 7. The Rainbow coalition : a surplus majority coalition in Finland / Ann-Cathrine Jungar -- 8. Purple puzzles : the 1994 and 1998 government formations in the Netherlands and coalition theory / Rudy B. Andeweg -- 9. The Belgian 'Rainbow coalition' : optical illusion or mechanical phenomenon? / Patrick Dumont -- 10. From puzzles to prospects for coalition theory / Rudy B. Andeweg. 
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<br/><br/><br/>Mode of access: World Wide Web. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780203007815 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Coalition governments--Europe.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.